The Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax Online Studios has moved to reassure concerned fans that it is still committed to the game despite the impact of significant layoffs at Xbox.
Last week, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma started her “reset” of Microsoft’s gaming business by cutting 1,600 staff, with another 1,600 to go over the course of the next 12 months. Bethesda was hit hard by the layoffs.
As was feared after rumors of massive layoffs at Xbox started circulating shortly after this year’s Xbox Showcase, the axe has finally fallen at Team Green. While it is the latest in a series of devastating impact waves that have been hitting Xbox ever since its record $69…
The creative team behind LA Noire considered Mad Men star Jon Hamm for the role of Cole Phelps.
I recently interviewed Daniel McMahon, a writer who worked on the Rockstar-published LA Noire, for a YouTube video about the 2011 detective game and its cancelled successor, Whore…
Palworld 1.0 Players Spot a Number of Pal Redesigns — and Some Say They Now Look Less Like the Pokémon They Resembled
July 13, 2026
Palworld players have spotted that developer Pocketpair has altered several Pal designs for the 1.0 launch, leaving some saying they now look less like the Pokémon they had resembled.
Pocketpair published detailed patch notes for Palworld’s 1.0 version earlier this week listing hundreds of additions, changes and improvements. However, these patch notes do not discuss the changes to several…
The GTA 3 Mission That Reinvented It All
July 13, 2026
Few missions in GTA’s history would make such a big and noticeable change to the geography of the host city as Bomb Da Base Act II, which goes some way to explaining why all 45 seconds of this short, sharp, Tin Can Alley sniper mission remains so memorable.
By today’s…
Stardew Valley is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and on top of the new content coming to the game in the 1.7 update, we now know that we’ll be getting a new Stardew-themed book. From the same publisher that brought us the delightful Stardew Valley cookbook…
This week’s devastating Xbox layoffs will have a “substantial and cascading effect” on Bethesda’s development of The Elder Scrolls 6, multiple staff at the studio have told IGN.
Speaking on condition of anonymity to protect their careers, current and former staff have told me that job losses across Bethesda Game Studios locations have removed more than 50 employees…
Laid-Off MindsEye Developers Plan Protest Outside Company Office Over 'All-Expenses-Paid Playtest Day'
July 10, 2026
MindsEye developers who have lost their jobs will protest outside the studio’s office over what they have described as an “all-expenses-paid playtest day.”
The IWGB Game Workers Union (the same union representing the fired GTA 6 developers), said the protest will take…
Sony has reached a settlement with former developer Christopher Barrett, who it had accused of sexual misconduct. As a result of the settlement, Barrett will be added to the credits of recently released extraction shooter Marathon.
Barrett, who was the original game director…
Palworld has achieved an impressive player milestone 2.5 years after its early access launch and with the 1.0 release right around the corner.
Developer Pocketpair said Palworld had passed 40 million players, with 1.0 set for July 10 (we’ve got the global release times for Palworld’s 1.0 launch if you want to know when you can play).
That 40 million figure doesn’t mean Palworld has sold…
