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$800 Console Too Steep? Xbox Now Lets You Watch Ads Instead
Microsoft's answer to its own $800 console price tag? Watch an ad and stream for an hour. The irony writes itself.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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4-Player Bug Hunts Arrive August 25 in Fireteam Elite 2
Cold Iron Studios' co-op shooter sequel bumps the squad count to four, adds cross-platform play, and launches next month at $49.99.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 22 min read
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40% of Xbox's Union Workers Axed in Six Months
A legal filing reveals Xbox eliminated roughly 435 unionised employees out of 1,205 in just six months, while Bethesda Montreal workers say they were promised employment through September before receiving bare-minimum termination emails.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Star Wars Zero Company's Only Jedi Is Permakillable
Bit Reactor's XCOM-style Star Wars tactics game gives you exactly one Jedi, and if she dies, she's gone for good. A new developer Q&A lays out what to expect from the 30-40 hour campaign.
Star Wars: Zero Company3 min read
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3 Secret Skulls Unlock Remixed Mode in Halo's Remake
Halo Campaign Evolved's early access is live, and buried inside its 39 collectible skulls is a secret: find just three to unlock a Remixed Mode that most players will walk right past.
Halo Campaign Evolved3 min read
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Only 0.11% of Black Ops 7 Bans Come From Player Clips
Activision's latest anti-cheat update reveals that the clips players spend hours capturing and sharing are responsible for a tiny fraction of actual bans. The real enforcement is happening where you can't see it.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 74 min read
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Stalker 2 Studio Denies Xbox Paid More Than Dev Cost
GSC Game World has publicly contradicted its own founder's claims that Microsoft paid more than Stalker 2's entire development cost for timed Xbox exclusivity, calling his statements inaccurate.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl4 min read
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Stalker 2 Turned a Profit Before It Sold a Single Copy
GSC Game World founder Sergiy Grygorovych says Microsoft's exclusivity deal covered more than the full development cost of Stalker 2, making the game profitable before launch day.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl4 min read
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Caitlin Clark Makes NBA 2K History as First Solo WNBA Cover
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark will headline the NBA 2K27 Deluxe Edition, becoming the first WNBA player to receive her own global cover in the franchise's history.
NBA 2K274 min read
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Reddit Tricked Google AI Into Inventing Duskbloods Bosses
FromSoftware's Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods isn't even playable yet, but Google's AI Overview has been confidently telling people about bosses that don't exist, all because Reddit made them up.
The Duskbloods2 min read
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Netflix's FIFA Game Was Trashed by Critics. It Crushed.
Critics called it a 'modern hellscape' and a 'massive missed opportunity.' Netflix says it was one of its best cloud game launches ever.
Netflix Games2 min read
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Only 2 Theaters? Avatar Aang Deserved Better
A gorgeous 2D animated Avatar sequel is being dumped onto streaming with a token two-theater run for awards eligibility. Paramount should be embarrassed.
Avatar: The Last Airbender2 min read
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Halo's Remake Runs on Steam Deck and ROG Ally
Halo Studios confirmed that Halo: Campaign Evolved is Steam Deck Verified and optimized for Windows handhelds, making the remake fully portable from day one.
Halo: Campaign Evolved3 min read
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Four Years Later, Mbappé Reclaims EA's FC Cover
Kylian Mbappé is back on the front of EA's football franchise for the first time since the FIFA days, headlining the Ultimate Edition of EA Sports FC 27.
EA Sports FC 274 min read
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Celeste Leaves Game Pass as Halo Remake Takes Over
Seven games join Game Pass over the next two weeks, headlined by Halo: Campaign Evolved on July 28. But Celeste, Crusader Kings III, and six others are leaving on July 31.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Hasbro's $1B Gaming Bet Crumbles With $56M Write-Down
Hasbro poured over $1 billion into internal game studios. Now it's writing off $56 million, canceling unspecified projects, and promising to cut digital spending by 25% a year.
Hasbro3 min read
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EA FC's World Cup Sim Hasn't Been Wrong Since 2010
EA's football sim has now correctly called every World Cup winner for 16 straight years, from Spain's 2010 triumph to Spain's 2026 victory. Five tournaments, zero misses.
EA Sports FC4 min read
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Final Fantasy 4 Nearly Skipped to 5 Just to Beat Dragon
Square Enix once considered calling Final Fantasy 4 by the name Final Fantasy 5, just so the series could claim a higher number than Dragon Quest. The CEO at the time apparently thought it was an innovative approach.
Final Fantasy4 min read
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16 Years, Five World Cups, Zero Wrong Picks for EA
EA's simulation engine has now correctly called every World Cup winner since 2010. Spain's extra-time victory over Argentina on Sunday extended a streak that borders on absurd.
EA Sports FC 264 min read
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Ghost Recon Wildlands 4K Upgrade Leaked on Xbox Store
Promotional images spotted on the Xbox Store point to a major Ghost Recon Wildlands update with 4K resolution, 60FPS gameplay, and a new story mission. Ubisoft hasn't confirmed any of it yet.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands3 min read
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Single-Player Exclusives? Xbox Says Don't Count on It
Xbox's renewed push for exclusives already has a major asterisk: leadership says single-player games being console exclusive isn't "carved in stone."
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Even Xbox Can't Explain Its Own Exclusivity Strategy
Xbox's top brass say Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution won't be the only exclusives, but when pressed on the actual criteria, the answers just create more questions.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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$1,049 Steam Machine Could Cost Even More by 2027
Valve's own engineers say what you're paying for memory at retail is months behind what they're seeing at the supply level. The Steam Machine's $1,049 starting price might just be the floor.
Steam Machine2 min read
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007 First Light's Writer Admits the Training Arc Is a Lie
Lead writer Michael Vogt explains how IO Interactive built an entire ensemble setup in 007 First Light just to rip it away, and why the game was originally going to keep those characters around much longer.
007 First Light4 min read