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Discord delayed the rollout of its controversial age verification system back in February after very loud backlash against the company's plans. Those age checks are now back, but this time, co-founder and chief technology officer Stanislav Vishnevskiy says the updated system will give users options that aren't as invasive. Read more

We're now living in a timeline that would have been impossible to comprehend for a grunt-squashing teen in 2007: Activision is making the next Halo game . And, now, fans have questions about the change. Is this year's Halo Fest still happening, despite sweeping layoffs at Halo Studios? Will Activision's new game reboot the lore? Can Master Chief finally, please, catch a break? Read more

Xbox's massive and still ongoing reorganisation has pushed Obsidian Entertainment under Bethesda's umbrella. Despite the quite drastic corporate shakeup, Bethesda's president is promising folks the iconic RPG developer will hold onto its "creative identity." Read more

As if this season wasn't packed enough with games to play, the acclaimed 'Nemesis system' Lord of the Rings games Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War finally come to Switch 2 later this month. Read more

Blizzard has hinted at yet another core mechanic in Diablo 5 seemingly inspired by Diablo 2 . Notably, the in-development action-RPG will tackle level-scaling differently from the way it's done in Diablo 4 . Read more

Former Halo leaders Bonnie Ross and Kiki Wolfkill have added their voices to the chorus of people wishing laid-off Halo Studios employees well after Microsoft's drastic downsizing of the studio yesterday. Read more

Shift UP CEO Hyung-Tae Kim has spoken about the troubles faced during Stellar Blade 's development, including doubts from investors about the game's ability to break even, and rapidly depleting funds to pay staff with. Read more

Yesterday's Xbox cuts saw organisational restructuring that moved Age of Empires studio World's Edge under Activision's control. The initial announcement did not specify whether the Age of Empire studio would lose any staff as part of this transition, but new information has emerged suggesting many members of the team have been let go. Read more

Star Wars Zero Company, the XCOM-like turn-based tactics game from Bit Reactor, appears to have been a success, selling more than 1m copies, according to estimates from industry analyst Alinea Analytics . Read more

The story director for Gears of War: E-Day has been laid off as part of yesterday's Xbox cuts , barely two weeks before the game he's worked on for more than four years is released. Read more

There's a bit somewhere in the middle of the rubbish Doom movie, where the perspective suddenly switches to first-person. Look, it seems to say, it's just like you playing the video game! But what Zach Cregger's new Resident Evil movie gets is that, really, it's nothing like me playing the video game. Back on my side of the screen, I might be sitting in a digital space marine suit, gliding around…

State of Decay studio Undead Labs has shared good and bad news following Xbox's second round of job cuts this year . Read more

If you're an enjoyer of video game maps, you might like this: celebrated artist and cartographer Francesca Baerald - who's created in-game (and out) maps for Dragon Age, Warcraft, Octopath Traveler , Diablo, Dungeons & Dragons and many more - is releasing a glossy new art book. It's an oversized, A3 book that features page after page of her sumptuously detailed, hand-painted maps. Read more

I own Rayman Legends on six platforms. The game, a 2D platformer that launched back in 2013, initially released onto the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii U and PS Vita. A year later, it came to Xbox One and PS4. Fast-forward three years and it's on Switch, and then in 2021 it came to Stadia, too. It's been around the block a few times then, and I've gone with it each time - I have 1000Gs and a Platinum tro…

Following reports that a fresh round of job cuts was imminent at Xbox , the company has confirmed more sweeping changes as its major restructuring continues, which will see some of its studios combined, others closed, and 268 further layoffs. Read more