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.

Everything Announced at the Pokémon Go 10 Year Anniversary Celebration Livestream

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Pokémon Go celebrated its 10th anniversary with a very special livestream — and we covered all of the announcements and surprises as they happened.

New IDC report claims worldwide PC shipments fell by 5% but revenue didn't, as 'vendors are pushing through price increases faster than demand is dropping'

With the memory crisis in full swing, it's becoming harder and harder to justify that PC upgrade. Though some will simply have enough money not to care, or will be forced to upgrade through breakages, others will simply go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over. Well, that waiting seems to have resulted in a pretty large decline in PC shipments, year-over-year.

Elder Scrolls 6 devs are seriously worried about the game's future, report says

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Published Jul 9, 2026, 12:03 PM EDT

Massive Xbox layoffs and restructuring could jeopardize TES6's release date

The Elder Scrolls 6 devs are worried about the game's future after Xbox bloodbath

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In early July, a report claimed that Bethesda's highly anticipated RPG, The Elder Scrolls 6, was two years or more away from being completed. On Thursday, the public got a better sense of where things stand for the open-world sequel to Skyrim from the people who are actually working on the game. And right now, it's grim at Bethesda.

Juliette tries to remember the truth in an exclusive first look at Silo season 3 episode 2

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Published Jul 9, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT

Rebecca Ferguson discusses retaining the core of the character without her memories

Juliette tries to remember the truth in an exclusive first look at Silo season 3 episode 2

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"We were already running a tight ship": Elder Scrolls 6 devs are worried about Xbox's layoffs causing even more delays to the long-awaited RPG

The cuts have had "a crushing effect on morale"

Reports about the specific effects of Microsoft's mass layoffs are having on studios like Obsidian and id Software keep rolling out. Elder Scrolls 6 makers Bethesda are no different, with staff saying that the cuts there have not just tanked morale, but let to worry about the fantasy RPG's development endinbg up a longer and more painful process as a result.

Palworld won't raise its price for 1.0 as 'a small way of saying thank you'

We're just a day away from Palworld's much anticipated 1.0 release, and to celebrate Pocketpair both released all 27 pages of patch notes and confirmed that there'll be no price hike when the survival and crafting game exits from early access. Oh yeah, it's all coming together.