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Romero Games Says It’s Not Dead, But Looking For A New Publisher After Xbox Layoffs
7.7.2025
Romero Games, the studio led by Doom designer John Romero, had been reported as one of the casualties of Xbox’s devastating layoffs last week. This was based on a statement from the studio itself, which announced that the publisher lined up for its next project had pulled funding. However, if...
The Nintendo Switch 2: One Month Later
7.7.2025
It’s been just over a month since the Nintendo Switch 2 launched and ushered in the next generation of Nintendo hardware. Most of us here at Kotaku own the thing and have been playing it over the past four weeks. Now that we’ve had extensive time with the Switch 2, what do we think about it?...
'Stop Killing Games' Comes Roaring Back After YouTube Drama And Now Industry Lobbying Groups Are Pushing Back
7.7.2025
Last year, Ross Scott who runs the Accursed Farms YouTube channel posted a video about Ubisoft taking The Crew offline and not only making it unplayable for everyone who purchased it, but also revoking people’s digital copies. He used it to launch the “Stop Killing Games” initiative which calls...
Fans Think Smash Bros. 64 Is Coming To Switch Online Thanks To Months-Old Blurry Backgrounds
7.7.2025
Almost four years after coming to the service, some of the Nintendo 64's most iconic games are still missing from the Switch Online + Expansion Pack retro library. Now, fans think Super Smash Bros. and more are headed to Switch soon, thanks to some very blurry “teases” in a YouTube video that...
El Salvador Evolves AI Strategy by Launching Nvidia-Powered National Lab
7.7.2025
El Salvador has begun preparations for the launch of one of the first artificial intelligence labs in Latin America, powered by Nvidia chips. The nation aims to develop its own AI, referred to as “sovereign AI,” to create national AI systems for social and economic purposes. El Salvador...
Death Stranding 2 Is The First Truly Good Social Network
4.7.2025
One night, I pushed too far and took too many risks while playing Death Stranding 2. I was in the middle of an area infested with deadly BTs, aka evil tar ghosts who can kill you. I was running low on battery, meaning my exosuit would stop functioning and all my cargo would suddenly become too much...
How To Send Nintendo Switch 2 Screenshots To Your Phone
4.7.2025
I’m sure that any time you took an in-game screenshot of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, or any other original Nintendo Switch game, you would immediately want to share it on your favorite social media platforms to show off your latest...
Xbox Invites Developers To AI Roundtable The Same Day It Does Mass Layoffs
3.7.2025
Yesterday was awful for people who work at Microsoft and the gaming industry in general. Thousands at the company either saw colleagues laid off or were laid off themselves, while outside observers watched as more game developers and projects were put on the chopping block. Microsoft’s $80 billion...
Xbox Boss 'Not Retiring Anytime Soon,' Microsoft Promises
2.7.2025
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has been in charge of Xbox for over a decade and the company says he’s not leaving anytime soon, calling rumors that the longtime exec might be resigning when the next generation of Xbox hardware launches “completely made up.” Read more
Microsoft Kills Sea Of Thieves Studio's Long-Troubled Action-Adventure Everwild
2.7.2025
Rather than doing the humane and dignified thing of telling thousands of people all at once whether or not they’re going to have a job tomorrow, Xbox is laying off over 9,100 employees today in waves. Xbox CEO Phil Spencer told workers in an email message (thanks, IGN) that this is to “position...
Microsoft Cutting 9,100 Jobs As Latest Mass Layoff Hits Xbox Beginning With Candy Crush Maker King
2.7.2025
Reports and rumors of massive layoffs at Xbox have been building since late last month and the first blood has now been spilled. Bloomberg reports that Candy Crush maker King is cutting 200 employees, or roughly 10 percent of its 2,000 person headcount, with layoffs also underway at other European...
EU Central Bank Commits to Distributed Ledger Technology Settlement Work
2.7.2025
"The decision is in line with the Eurosystem’s commitment to supporting innovation without compromising on safety and efficiency in financial market infrastructures," a release said
GENIUS Act Lacks ‘Necessary Guardrails’ For Investor Protection, NYAG Letitia James Tells Congress
1.7.2025
James suggested Congress require stablecoin issuers to use “digital identity technology” in all stablecoin purchases and transactions in order to protect national security
A Canceled, But Nearly Finished Animaniacs Game Has Been Found
30.6.2025
An unfinished build of a previously missing Animaniacs game, Hollywood Hypnotics, has been found and saved by the video game preservation group Hidden Palace. Finally, the world can see and even play this lost piece of gaming history. Read more
Studio Behind The Alters Responds To Generative AI Allegations: 'This Was Never Intended To Be Part Of The Final Release'
30.6.2025
The Alters is a narrative-driven sci-fi survival management sim about a research facility populated by clones. It released in June to positive reviews, with critics praising it for wedding interesting character interactions to the usual management sim churn. Now it’s getting flamed...
Original Switch Getting Mysterious 'Price Change' In Canada 8-Years After Launch As Gaming Gets More Expensive
30.6.2025
The Switch launched in 2017 for $300. It’s now 2025 and it’s still $300. Will it finally get a price cut like every other Nintendo console has had at some point in its lifecycle or will the Mario maker take the unprecedented step of actually making it more expensive, even after the Switch 2 is out?...
DOT Market Cap Declines as Critics Raise Concerns Over Ecosystem Traction
28.6.2025
The Q1 2025 report from Messari indicates a significant slowdown in transaction activity within the Polkadot ecosystem, with a 36.9% quarter-over-quarter drop to 137.1 million transactions. Critics argue that Polkadot’s performance does not match the expectations set by its funding and hype....
Games We'd Love To See On Switch 2, What Makes Rematch So Fantastic, And More Of The Week's Takes
28.6.2025
This week we championedRematch, the great new soccer game from Sifu maker Sloclap. We also shared 25 games we’d love to see make their way to the Switch 2, and celebrated the incredibly influential Deus Ex on the 25th anniversary of its release.Read more
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Says His Company Will Have a Billion AI Agents by End of 2025
28.6.2025
Marc Benioff, CEO and co-founder of San Francisco-based software giant Salesforce is on track to have a billion artificial intelligence (AI) agents by the end of 2025. “We’re remarkably on track,” Benioff said during an interview with Bloomberg. “We now have about 5,000 customers deploying this...
Let’s Talk About Why Some Folks Are Really Unhappy With The Switch 2’s Screen
27.6.2025
Ever since we learned the Switch 2 would have an LCD screen instead of a fancier OLED panel, discourse around Nintendo’s latest console has often turned sour when it comes to its display. Of course, once folks were able to get the new hardware in their hands, the Switch 2 revealed itself to...