Microsoft has insisted Xbox boss Phil Spencer isn’t retiring “anytime soon,” amid rumors over the executive’s future at the company following yesterday’s mass layoffs. Around 4%, or just over 9,000 staff, were cut across Microsoft, and while the majority of those layoffs were outside the gaming business, Xbox studios were hit hard. Rare’s Everwild, for […]
Marvel’s Black Panther 3 Director Ryan Coogler Responds to Questions Around Ironheart’s Future, Whether Its Characters Might Return, and a Potential Season 2: ‘I Don’t Know Jack S**t’
Ryan Coogler, director of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and executive producer of its spin-off Ironheart, has said he knows “jack s**t” about when the latter’s characters will now return. Ironheart wrapped up its brief two-week release schedule on Disney+ a couple days ago, with several major cliffhangers that leave its characters’ next steps uncertain. But […]
Veteran Banjo-Kazooie, Sea of Thieves Director Gregg Mayles Reportedly Leaving Rare After Everwild Cancellation
Gregg Mayles, the veteran Rare designer and director, will reportedly depart the studio following yesterday’s sweeping cuts of Xbox staff and projects that included the long-in-development Everwild. Mayles’ departure, as reported by VGC, ends an influential career at Rare stretching back more than 35 years, to the studio’s origins developing games like Battletoads for NES […]
Dune: Awakening’s Huge 1.1.10.00 Update Has a Long List of Patch Notes
Dune: Awakening developer Funcom has deployed a raft of changes to prove it’s responding nimbly to player feedback. Previously, Funcom launched Dune: Awakening’s Public Test Client and then extended the PvE zone of the Deep Desert from about 10% of the map to 50%. It followed an AMA in which the studio told players frustrated […]
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Hotfix 8.1 Addresses Crashes, Disconnects, and Rewards Problems in Response to Siege Mode Complaints
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 got its hotly anticipated Siege Mode update last week, and while fans are enjoying it, crashes and disconnects have marred the experience. Siege Mode is Space Marine 2’s take on the classic video game Horde mode. It sees teams of three players fight against increasingly difficult waves of Tyranid and […]
The Games You’ll Never Play Thanks To Xbox’s Massive Layoffs | IGN The Daily Fix
In today’s Fix, massive layoffs hit Xbox. Who’s affected? What games are being cancelled? And what does this mean for the future of Xbox? We’re going to talk about all the Xbox news, including what’s happening to games like Perfect Dark and Everwild, the original IP being developed by the Sea of Thieves devs at […]
The Best Aussie Amazon Prime Day 2025 Deals
If you’re a fellow games and tech connoisseur who loves low prices, Amazon Prime Day 2025 is our Christmas in July. The sale officially takes place between July 8-14 (the longest PD we’ve seen Down Under). However, eagle-eyed deal hunters like me can already spot a flurry of early markdowns across gaming, tech, and more. […]
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