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The games industry reacts to Xbox layoffs: 'We are clearly at a turning point'
3,200 employees are being put out of work, and people have thoughts.
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Hostess Discontinues Physical Twinkies
ORRVILLE, OH—Stressing that the change in the product line was a necessary adjustment to keep apace in the digital age, snack food manufacturer Hostess announced Monday that it would discontinue physical Twinkies. “While we know fans have been collecting Twinkies for years, we believe that online-only snack cakes will help reduce physical clutter and allow […]
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The Elder Scrolls Online Has Reportedly Lost 'As Much as Half' of Its Development Team as Its Roadmap Is Being Re-Evaluated
New reports indicate that half of the team working on The Elder Scrolls Online has been laid off, leaidng many to wonder how the game will continue.
Price per 1M tokens is meaningless
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It stops being all about the vibes when the API bill hits you. Many companies are now discovering that AI can indeed be pricey. One habit that might be driving up your AI bill is comparing models by $X per 1M tokens ....janilowski.pl
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CD Projekt Red thanks 6000 Edgerunners 2 advance viewers for not spoiling the show in stunning display of opsec: 'Thank you so much for keeping your promise properly'
Arasaka-level discipline
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Egypt Is Building a New Nile
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Egypt is building a vast new delta in the desert using recycled water. Can this megaproject solve its growing water and food crisis?www.theb1m.com
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Kani: A Model Checker for Rust
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Rust's ownership type system prevents memory errors in safe code, but certain desirable properties remain orthogonal to compilation: the soundness of unsafe operations (e.g.arXiv.org
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State of Decay 3 Might Not Be on GamePass, and XBOX is Fine With It
Undead Labs is under new ownership, and it doesn't owe XBOX GamePass access to State of Decay 3.
CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps
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Discover more of your journey - Powered by the communitywww.comaps.app
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New Razer Pokemon Items Feature Espeon and Umbreon Eeveelutions
The Razer Pokemon line of headsets, keyboards, and mice now includes a collection based on Espeon and Umbreon.
There is no horror, no cruelty, sacrilege, or perjury, no imposture, no infamous transaction, no cynical robbery, no bold plunder or shabby betrayal that has not been or is not daily being perpetrated by the representatives of the states, under no other pretext than those elastic words, so convenient and yet so terrible: "for reasons of state."
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Legendary former Tekken boss says people don't 'properly evaluate' Hidetaka Miyazaki's 'remarkable' FromSoft career
Harada says the Souls series "was the result of everything Miyazaki and his team had built up through their previous titles."
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Game Collectors Mourn The Death Of The PlayStation Disc: ‘It Will Feel Like I’m Starting Over From Scratch’
The end of physical games is affecting every side of the community differently
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10 Games Seeing Renewed Interest Because Of Recent Gaming News
They say all press is good press, and maybe that's true when it comes to older games seeing a recent uptick in player count after big news lately.
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A global workspace in language models
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Interpretability research on Claude's internal thoughts.www.anthropic.com
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Get Discounts On 300+ Items During Minecraft Marketplace’s Summer Sale
We're in the thick of Minecraft Marketplace's Summer Sale, which includes more than 300 Marketplace items for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition discounted up to 33%. The retailer is also offering a daily Doorbuster sale featuring two deals per day through July 14, and these will be discounted by 75%. The sale lasts through July 28 ...
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Save up to 33% on 300+ Minecraft Marketplace items during the Summer Sale, with new daily Doorbusters at 75% off through July 14.Colette Bennett (GameSpot)
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Persona 4 Revival Rise Trailer and Junes Cafe California Event Appear
Following Anime Expo 2026, there's a Persona 4 Revival Rise remake trailer and Persona 30th Junes Cafe California event.
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Esports World Cup Partners With France’s National Television Broadcaster
The Esports Foundation has partnered with France Télévisions to bring daily Esports World Cup highlights to mainstream TV viewers
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The State Of Xbox’s 25+ Game Studios And What They’re Up To In 2026
Xbox owns a lot of studios across the globe; here's which ones are still active and which are not as of July 2026
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Nintendo Will Stop Selling The Original Switch In Europe Next Year
New regulations regarding replaceable batteries mean the OG Switch will be discontinued while a compliant Switch 2 model will be available later this year
Should DayQuil Be Legal?
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OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router
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DOJ Closing Abbott Labs Case Spurs Wider Corporate Crime Retreat
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Agency leaders’ shutdown of a long-running case over contaminated baby formula has fueled a broader pullback on corporate prosecutions protecting consumer health, said people familiar with the situation.Ben Penn (news.bloomberglaw.com)
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The Steam Machine’s Red Line Of Death Is Less Scary, And More Useful, Than You Might Think
With the Steam Machine starting to land in some lucky buyers hands, a few of the gremlins in Valve's compact living-room PC have started to surface. But while some might remind you of infamous hardware failures of old, many of them are smartly designed errors that you can, for the most part, resolve ...
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While Valve can't promise that there won't be Steam Machine issues, it's at least giving you a clear way to communicate them.Alessandro Barbosa (GameSpot)
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The Cyberpunk TCG Isn’t Even Out Yet, And I’m Already Planning My Next Deck
The Cyberpunk TCG is fast, fulfilling, and respects your time
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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced – 5 Big PS5 and PS5 Pro Upgrades Revealed
Assassin's Creed clearly wants Resynced to be a much-needed win, and looks like PlayStation gamers are getting a lot to like from the effort in the process.
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Today’s Best Deals: Darksiders: Warmastered Edition for PS5, LEGO Eevee, and Pokémon TCG
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Honkai: Nexus Anima Evolution Beta Test Emails Go Out Wednesday
The Honkai: Nexus Anima Evolution beta test emails are about to go out and a new trailer introduces the Moneytree character.
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The Criterion Collection 40-Film Set Is Down To 50% Off
CC40: The Criterion Collection 40-Film Box Set (Blu-ray) $400 (was $800) See at Amazon The Criterion Collection has built its reputation on preserving the best of cinema, and for over 40 years, it has restored and re-released some of the greatest films ever made. Criterion celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2024, releasing a ...
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Save hundreds of dollars on an eclectic collection of great films.Myles Obenza (GameSpot)
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Watch Dogs 2 Feels More Special Than Ever, 10 Years Later
Ubisoft’s second attempt at a very unique gameplay loop had its flaws, yes, but we believe there was a lot of good to make up for them in ways that count even a decade later.
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8 Indie PC RPGs with Better Exploration Than Skyrim
These indie RPGs offer plenty of exploration that takes Skyrim and adds to this gold standard with new, creative ideas.
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MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls – Official Doctor Doom Character Gameplay Guide
Claim your throne as the Ruler of Latveria! Master Nullify Shield to block enemy projectiles and turn their own firepower against them. Conquer the arena with our ultimate Doctor Doom’s Character Guide! Assemble your team of legendary Marvel characters in the ultimate 4v4 tag team fighter. MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls ...
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Game Pass Is Reportedly Back Down To 30 Million Subscribers
The decline comes after a very unpopular price hike in 2025
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XBOX Game Pass User Count Hasn’t Grown In Years
New numbers have revealed that XBOX Game Pass subscriber count hasn't grown in years. Here are more details.
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How to Sculpt an Intriguing and Mysterious Worship Leader
Matteo Constant talked about the Migration project, explaining how he modeled the puffer jacket to define the figure and how he achieved the worn and degraded looks of the clothes with texturing, specifically by using a shader on the jacket.
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The $69 Billion Hangover: Every Xbox Layoff Since The Activision Blizzard Merger
Microsoft spent a large chunk of time--and cash--acquiring new studios throughout the 2010s and 2020s, but its biggest move was the $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard in October 2023. Trumpeted as a deal that would greatly bolster its portfolio of first-party studios and further enhance the appeal of ...
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A complete timeline of Xbox's mass layoffsDarryn Bonthuys (GameSpot)
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With Arkane For Sale And Blade At Risk, Original Founder Asks Xbox CEO: ‘How Much?’
A storied studio's future is more uncertain than ever
Settlement expansion in the West Bank has moved into a phase of recreational tourism colonization aimed at establishing new demographic realities.
The seizure of Palestinian land and its transformation into settler resorts and hotels reflects a covert colonial approach that seeks to legitimize the occupation through a tourism and investment facade
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Xbox CEO Wants More Than A Billion Daily Users
Despite all of the challenges Xbox has faced and is yet to face, CEO Asha Sharma believes it can still entertain a billion people a day.
AMD Ryzen AI Halo – $4k AI Dev Kit
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Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Welcome to LTT Labs - your go-to destination for all things tech. Explore comprehensive test results, insightful commentary, and the latest analysis in hardware.LTT Labs
Haaretz reports that Israel’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to urgently respond by Tuesday regarding the condition of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a detained Gaza doctor held without charge since 2024 and reportedly at serious risk after repeated beatings in custody.
The court’s request also covers 14 other detained doctors, following concerns raised by a human rights organization about their treatment in Israeli detention facilities.
Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk
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These may be the last days of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.Anthony Ha (TechCrunch)
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Fable 5 On Vending-Bench: Misbehaving, With Plausible Deniability
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Claude Fable 5 is a partial step back in alignment from Opus 4.8 on Vending-Bench, returning to price collusion and deceptive negotiation while rationalizing misbehavior it knows is wrong.andonlabs.com
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SK Gaming Bench LIDER And Sign SlowQ for LEC Summer Split
SK Gaming has bolstered its LoL roster for the LEC Summer Split after benching LIDER and making the permanent signing of SlowQ
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Compulsion Games Confirms Retaining Rights to South of Midnight, We Happy Few After Xbox Split
"We're grateful for the years we spent with Xbox and for the opportunity to bring these games to players around the world."
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