
3M Copies Sold, Then Layoffs: Xbox Cuts IO Interactive
Weeks after shipping one of 2026's biggest hits, IO Interactive faces layoffs as Xbox pulls funding from Project Fantasy.
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Weeks after shipping one of 2026's biggest hits, IO Interactive faces layoffs as Xbox pulls funding from Project Fantasy.

Saber Interactive's Turok revival just got a bloody new gameplay trailer, and it's looking far more impressive than early hands-on impressions suggested.

Even the people who helped build the original Baldur's Gate series don't want the job. James Ohlen, co-lead designer of Baldur's Gate 2, has revealed he turned down Hasbro's direct request to make a fourth entry.

The Communications Workers of America held a press conference where Xbox developers from Blizzard, ZeniMax Online, and Activision demanded layoff protections, calling out the gap between Microsoft's AI billions and its treatment of game workers.

Microsoft acquired Undead Labs in 2018. Eight years and zero shipped games later, the State of Decay studio is reportedly searching for a buyer to avoid being shut down.

A Japanese government transparency initiative just outed Koei Tecmo's unannounced action game, codenamed FUJI, alongside new projects from Arc System Works, Konami, and Square Enix.

SEGA dropped a new Virtua Fighter Crossroads trailer at Evo 2026 revealing the masked Bakunawa Killer, and the VF community is already tearing itself apart over who's underneath.

Netflix is developing a live-action Persona TV series with the production company behind Stranger Things and a showrunner from Star Trek: Picard.

Robert Henrysson's departure from Supermassive Games marks the second CEO exit since the studio's co-founders left in early 2024.

A 15-minute Direct followed by 30 minutes of hands-on Treehouse gameplay gives Splatoon Raiders nearly 45 minutes of dedicated airtime tomorrow.

Dbrand poured over a thousand hours of engineering into a Portal-themed Steam Machine case, launched pre-orders, and became the company's second-fastest selling product. Then Valve's legal team pointed out the obvious problem.

Bob's Tekken 8 gameplay trailer dropped at Evo 2026, and the highlight isn't his speed or his combos. It's the moment his gut absorbs Kazuya's Heihachi-demolishing punch like it's nothing.

The Tetris Company announced Tetris: World Builders, a CG-animated adventure series for kids aged six and up, with Sonic the Hedgehog movie producer Chuck Williams attached as executive producer.

Koei Tecmo pulled Dead or Alive 6 from Steam and replaced it with Last Round, a barely-upgraded rerelease that costs more, forces players to rebuy DLC, and is sitting at Mostly Negative reviews.

At ISC 2026, Lenovo told attendees that today's sky-high memory prices are the new baseline, not a temporary spike. Combined with forecasts from Micron and Jefferies, the picture for affordable gaming hardware looks bleak.

Evo 2026 packed in a wild spread of fighting game announcements, from a chibi Tekken cartoon to 2XKO wrapping its first DLC season. Here's everything that happened.

The final team for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is a deliberately weird mix of Ghost Rider, Blade, Loki, and Deadpool. Arc System Works owns it.

The Invincible VS team at Evo 2026 made it clear they'd love Mortal Kombat guest characters, and given Omni-Man's history in MK1, the door is already half open.

Writer Bartosz Sztybor revealed that one early draft of Edgerunners had David surviving, only to be enslaved by Arasaka and sent to die in corporate conflicts. His actual death might have been the mercy.

Black Tides wraps up Assassin's Creed Shadows with a three-hour finale that outclasses the base game's storytelling in almost every way, and it couldn't have arrived at a better time.

Deltarune's darkest path reaches a new extreme in Chapter 5, ending with a disturbing drowning sequence and a screen that tells you to skip ahead to Chapter 7.

Aether Studios dropped two character reveals at EVO 2026, confirming Yacht Club Games' Mina the Hollower as the platform fighter's first-ever guest character.

Cygames and Arc System Works are bringing Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising to Switch 2 on September 17, alongside new DLC character Id and the version 2.60 update.

Arc System Works has confirmed Robo-Ky as the next Season Pass 5 character for Guilty Gear Strive, with a July 2 launch date.