Palworld 1.0 Players Spot a Number of Pal Redesigns — and Some Say They Now Look Less Like the Pokémon They Resembled

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: Jul 10, 2026 3:29pm UTC

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.

Stardew Valley Is Getting an Official Crochet Book With 45 Adorable Projects Inspired by the Cozy Gaming Masterpiece

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: Jul 10, 2026 3:14pm UTC

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, The Official Stardew Valley Crochet Book will help you craft your own Junimos, Slimes, and even Lucky Purple Shorts.

Valve's Steam Frame launch looks imminent, with new 'Great on Frame' category spotted

If you've spent any time on Steam from your Steam Deck, there's a good chance you recognise the 'Great on Deck' tag, signifying that games work, well, great on Deck. Well, Steam has just published its Great on Frame collection, and you get three guesses what that could be for.

KTC 25M1 review

KTC has managed to deliver an outstanding monitor for competitive shooters here at a very reasonable price. It's not the best for casual gaming, but if games like Counter-Strike or Valorant are your go-to, you'll struggle to hit this sweet spot refresh rate in a nice panel for a better price.

Arc Raiders has targeted yet another duplication exploit just a couple of days after celebrating a drop in suspicious player accounts

The first hotfix since Arc Raiders' 1.36 update has rocked up, and while it may be small it does tackle some important issues, namely a new duplication exploit which has popped up recently and saw mountains of explosives spawn even faster than the throwables glitch.

Id Software co-founder John Carmack "can’t muster anger or outrage" over Xbox gutting the Doom studio, but does say it'll "dampen the mood of the founder reunion"

"You can’t rule out the possibility that executives are idiots, but that shouldn’t be your default belief"

Aw shucks. That's a bummer. I'm not angry about it, though. Surely this had to happen, just like the execs said it did. I'm paraphrasing quite facetiously, but that is the basic gist of id Software co-founder John Carmack's reaction to the studio cutting 136 workers as part of Microsoft's mass layoffs earlier this week, a devastating blow that leaves the Doom developers facing an uncertain future.

Bethesda union staff to march outside studios over Xbox layoffs: 'The company wants us to accept this as a done deal and quietly disappear'

Xbox's 'reset' layoffs have hit Bethesda hard, with long-term institutional talent shown the door—Zenimax Online Studios, which is part of the same studio family as Bethesda and works on the Elder Scrolls Online, was also particularly dismantled by Xbox, with over 60% of its staff laid off in the past year.

AMD Zen 6 server CPUs are launching this month, which has me hopeful for a desktop release this year

We've known for some time now that AMD was planning on launching next-gen Zen 6 CPUs in 2026, but hardware has been in a weird place for a while, so it's best not to assume something will be going into your rig / server until it's in your hands. And yet AMD has confirmed it will begin rolling out the next generation on the 22nd and 23rd of this month, starting with server-focused EPYC processors.

How do you put a price tag on a legacy like id Software's?

In 1984, an upstart retail company called Costco had just opened its first handful of voluminous warehouse stores on the west coast of the United States when it decided to try an experiment. It installed a hot dog cart in front of its San Diego store and started selling Hebrew Nationals with a drink for $1.50. People, it turned out, liked the hot dogs. The cart became Cafe 150, named for the combo price.

Xbox just killed its shot at making the next Baldur's Gate 3

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Published Jul 9, 2026, 4:01 PM EDT

Obsidian has a superpower any publisher would kill to have right now

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This week, Xbox announced a sweeping overhaul of its business that will see the company cutting 3,200 total jobs by next summer. That decision has already led to catastrophic results for studios under Xbox that have reportedly been gutted, including Doom developer Id Software. Obsidian Entertainment especially took a hit as part of the first layoff wave, losing 25% of its staff amid a major shake-up in the studio’s direction. According to a Bloomberg report, the remaining team has been tasked with making a new Fallout game as Xbox tightens its focus on its biggest IP. As a result, that directive reportedly means the team will be pushing aside some projects it was working on, including a sequel to 2025’s Avowed.