2025 has not been the best year for Xbox. Microsoft’s recent massive company-wide layoff impacted up to 9,000 employees, nearly half of whom worked at Xbox. Multiple games were cancelled, “AAAA” studio The Initiative was shut down, and countless talented staff lost. It’s a strange and uneasy contrast, then, to […]
Month: July 2025
Xbox: The State of Every First-Party Developer – Summer 2025 Update
2025 has not been the best year for Xbox. Microsoft’s recent massive company-wide layoff impacted up to 9,000 employees, nearly half of whom worked at Xbox. Multiple games were cancelled, “AAAA” studio The Initiative was shut down, and countless talented staff lost. It’s a strange and uneasy contrast, then, to […]
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Clocks Up 114,000+ Concurrent Player Peak On Launch Day, But Reports Of Poor Performance Dominate Player Reviews
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers has launched to 114,000+ concurrent players on Steam, making it one of the biggest launches for a non-FromSoftware Soulslike game yet. It’s currently the eighth biggest game on Steam by concurrent player count, smashing through the 100,000 concurrent player barrier and clocking up 114,132 players in the […]
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Clocks Up 114,000+ Concurrent Player Peak On Launch Day, But Reports Of Poor Performance Dominate Player Reviews
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers has launched to 114,000+ concurrent players on Steam, making it one of the biggest launches for a non-FromSoftware Soulslike game yet. It’s currently the eighth biggest game on Steam by concurrent player count, smashing through the 100,000 concurrent player barrier and clocking up 114,132 players in the […]
Itch.io Suddenly Pulls NSFW Adult Content From Browse and Search Pages, After ‘Critical’ Pressure From Payment Partners
Itch.io has “deindexed” swathes of NSFW content from the storefront’s browse and search pages, making thousands of adult games impossible to find. The sudden move comes amid “critical” pressure from the platform’s payment providers, Itch.io said in a statement, something which forced it to act immediately and without warning to […]
Itch.io Suddenly Pulls NSFW Adult Content From Browse and Search Pages, After ‘Critical’ Pressure From Payment Partners
Itch.io has “deindexed” swathes of NSFW content from the storefront’s browse and search pages, making thousands of adult games impossible to find. The sudden move comes amid “critical” pressure from the platform’s payment providers, Itch.io said in a statement, something which forced it to act immediately and without warning to […]
Sony Strikes ‘Strategic Partnership’ With Elden Ring Publisher Bandai Namco, Acquires 2.5% Stake
Sony has acquired a 2.5% stake in Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco. Sony said the 16 million-share acquisition forms part of a broader “strategic partnership” with Bandai Namco and “will focus on expanding the fan community for IP such as anime and manga around the world and strengthening engagement.” Sony […]
Sony Strikes ‘Strategic Partnership’ With Elden Ring Publisher Bandai Namco, Acquires 2.5% Stake
Sony has acquired a 2.5% stake in Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco. Sony said the 16 million-share acquisition forms part of a broader “strategic partnership” with Bandai Namco and “will focus on expanding the fan community for IP such as anime and manga around the world and strengthening engagement.” Sony […]
Lollipop Chainsaw Sequel Announced, as Publisher Makes Odd Comment About Not ‘Imposing Creative Restrictions’
Lollipop Chainsaw is getting a sequel and anime spin-off, more than a decade after the original launched. The new video game is being developed by Dragami Games, successor to the original’s Kadokawa Games, which launched remaster project Lollipop Chainsaw RePop last year for PC and consoles. Lollipop Chainsaw won over […]
Lollipop Chainsaw Sequel Announced, as Publisher Makes Odd Comment About Not ‘Imposing Creative Restrictions’
Lollipop Chainsaw is getting a sequel and anime spin-off, more than a decade after the original launched. The new video game is being developed by Dragami Games, successor to the original’s Kadokawa Games, which launched remaster project Lollipop Chainsaw RePop last year for PC and consoles. Lollipop Chainsaw won over […]