Nearly Half Of Game Developers Consider Leaving The Industry Due To Layoffs, Survey Finds Around 44% of game developers are thinking about leaving the industry, primarily due to layoffs and ongoing instability within the gaming space.

Almost half of the game developers responding to a recent survey said they were considering leaving the industry, thanks to layoffs, instability and project shut downs.

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Rumored First-Party Xbox Game Pass Tier May Include Cloud Gaming Limits Microsoft is reportedly testing a new first-party-focused Xbox Game Pass tier that may restrict Xbox Cloud Gaming with monthly playtime limits.

Xbox might make Game Pass cheaper by offering new tiers at lower prices with more limits

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Ghost Of Yotei Actress Would “Jump” At Any Chance To Return As Atsu Erika Ishii, the voice actor for Atsu, has said she would “jump” at any opportunity to return to the role in Ghost of Yotei.

Erika Ishii said they'd love to return to the role of Atsu again

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Fortnite Adds Generative AI NPC Conversations To Creative Maps Fortnite developers are now able to test NPCs in their Creative maps with AI-generated voices that can interact in real time with players.

Fortnite's latest Experimental feature for in-game developers allows the creation of NPCs with generative AI voices and interactions

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Microsoft Rewards To Get Major Changes With New Tiers In May Microsoft Rewards is about to change in a big way, and the update may not feel the same for everyone.

Microsoft Rewards is being revamped, and it might be harder to earn gaming rewards for casual users

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Samson Developers Reveal Roadmap And Confirm Console Release Window Developer Liquid Swords has officially confirmed that its action-adventure brawler Samson is set to release on consoles in Fall 2026.

Samson is coming to consoles later this fall, but no exact date has been specified

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Silent Hill f Director Says Women Developers Helped Shape Hinako’s Fears The Silent Hill f director has shared that he relied heavily on the perspectives of women developers on the team to authentically portray Hinako’s fears.

Hinako’s fears was shaped by women of all ages on the development team of Silent Hill f

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Here's the full list of the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards winners!

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Mega Crit Unveils Slay The Spire 2 Roadmap, Event Stats A month after an incredibly successful release, Mega Crit unveils their plans for the future of Slay the Spire II.

A month after an incredibly successful release, Mega Crit unveils their plans for the future of Slay the Spire II.
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The Best Friendslop Games to Play Right Now With Your Pals There is no shortage of co-op games available to play with your friends, games now most often referred to as “Friendslop.”

Grab a microphone and a group of friends and play the best this unfortunately named genre has to offer right now!
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Forza Horizon 6 Passes 500K Steam Pre-Sales Ahead Of Release, Estimates Say Forza Horizon 6 has reportedly passed 511,000 pre-sales on Steam, reaching this milestone roughly one month before its official launch on May 19.

Estimates from Alinea Analytics suggest Forza Horizon 6 has already sold 500,000 copies on Steam, and we're still a month out from launch

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New Final Fantasy Board Game Mixes Jenga And Final Fantasy VII Square Enix just revealed Final Fantasy VII: Ascend the Shinra Tower, a board game that fuses Jenga block-balancing with Cloud’s fight against Shinra.

Square Enix just announced a Jenga-style Final Fantasy VII board game

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Ground Zero In Progress Review - From Ground Zero To Hero Set in an apocalyptic South Korea, Ground Zero has grand ambitions, having players work their way across a huge, sprawling city rather than confined to a claustrophobic mansion or secret underground…

Ground Zero is one of the most difficult retro survival horror games out there. Check out our In Progress Review.

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Princess Rosalina Voice Actress Reveals Character’s Original Name In a new video shared to social media, former voice actress for Princess Rosalina (Mercedes Rose) shared the original name for the iconic Mario Galaxy character.

Mercedes Rose, the former voice actress for Princess Rosalina, just shared the original name for the iconic princess...

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PlayStation Plus April 2026 Game Catalog: Horizon, The Crew Motorfest And More The April lineup for new additions to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog have just been announced, with some major franchise representation from Horizon, The Crew and more.

From Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered to The Crew Motorsport and The Casting of Frank Stone, there's a lot coming next week to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog

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Tomodachi Life: Nintendo’s Official Guide To Create Hugh Morris Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is rolling out globally right now, and Nintendo have released an official tutorial to create the instantly iconic Hugh Morris.

Looking to make your own Hugh Morris in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream? Nintendo have released an entire tutorial for making the instantly iconic Mii yourself!

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Overwatch Switch 2 Runs At 30 FPS Despite 60 FPS Promise, But A Patch Is Coming Blizzard released the Switch 2 update of Overwatch yesterday and seemingly left in the 30 FPS cap they promised to lift - but a patch is on the way to resolve the issue.

Overwatch on Switch 2 is stuck at 30 FPS, despite Blizzard promising a 60 FPS upgrade. Thankfully though, a patch is on the way

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Nirav does not recommend city-builder, DarkSwitch, by Cyber Temple.

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Tim recommends narrative puzzle game, The House of Hikmah, by @lunacystudios.bsky.social.

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The Original Gothic Trilogy Is Coming To PlayStation & Xbox Series S/X A classic trilogy of European RPGs will be available on console for the first time!

A classic trilogy of European RPGs will be available on console for the first time!
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Diablo IV Potentially Leaked For Nintendo Switch 2 By Ratings Board The Indonesia Game Rating System (IGRS) just listed the Nintendo Switch as a compatible platform for the upcoming Diablo IV expansion Lord of Hatred.

Diablo IV's upcoming Lord of Hatred expansion has been rated for Nintendo Switch by the Indonesia Game Rating System

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Overwatch Sneaks TWICE ‘Signal’ Dance Reference Into MVP Animation The new MVP system in Overwatch is hiding a K-Pop reference in plain sight, as D.Va winning the award triggers her to perform TWICE’s Signal choreography.

DVa's MVP animation in Overwatch's latest update appears to sneak in a reference to Signal, the K-Pop song by girl group TWICE. The group was previously featured in a player survey, checking interest in future collaborations

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Opinion: Warframe Should Be The Free-To-Play Role Model After 13 years, Warframe continues to be one of the top free-to-play games, and it represents a standard that others should start following.

No game does it quite like Warframe.

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Disney Removes 15 Games From Steam Without Warning Disney has just quietly removed another 15 games from Steam, bringing the total number of delisted titles to 29 in only a few months.

Disney just delisted another huge batch of games from Steam

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Silent Hill 2 Remake Developer Bloober Team Is Working On 7 Horror Games Bloober Team is significantly expanding its development structure, with the CEO confirming that the studio now has seven horror games in active development.

Bloober Team are good at horror games, and they're working on a lot!

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Tim recommends cozy game, Origament: A Paper Adventure, by @spacesauce.studio, Beverlor, and Assemble Entertainment.

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Victor recommends turn-based cooking RPG, Dosa Divas, by @outerloopgames.bsky.social and Outersloth.

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Jess cautiously recommends point-and-click horror game, Cult Vacui, by LBRTY games and Dionous Games.

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Bethesda Promises Hotfix For Starfield PS5 Problems Bethesda has officially acknowledged the widespread crashing and freezing issues affecting the newly released PlayStation 5 version of Starfield.

Starfield's PS5 release is getting a hotfix, and it's coming very soon

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Xbox CEO Says “Game Pass Has Become Too Expensive”, Leaked Memo Reveals Microsoft may be planning Game Pass changes after a leaked memo revealed new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says the service has become too expensive.

A leaked memo reveals that the new CEO of Xbox believes that Game Pass is too expensive

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