by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Gaming
The launch of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag: Resynced, the highly anticipated (and high-scoring) remaster of one of the best games in the Assassin’s Creed series, has been followed by 51 of its game designers from Ubisoft Barcelona being laid off, according...
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Microsoft
The tech world is sweating, and it’s not just the summer heatwave. This week on the Windows Central Podcast, Daniel Rubino, Zac Bowden, and Jez Cordon sit down to unpack a massive wave of Microsoft layoffs. We break down Asha Sharma’s internal memo revealing a...
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Gaming, Minecraft
This week has mostly been a depressing affair for the gaming industry, what with Sony killing off physical PlayStation Discs and Microsoft laying off over 3,200 roles at Xbox. We could all use some levity after this string of bad news, so we’re going to do that...
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Gaming, Zenimax & Bethesda
Xbox’s cuts over the past week have been brutal; let’s not mince words here. Four studios divested with a possible fifth in progress, over a thousand jobs removed already, with a further 2000 planned. The atmosphere within Xbox right now is dire — a total...
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Gaming, Zenimax & Bethesda
Though it launched to scathing criticism and widespread controversy in late 2018 due to lackluster content offerings and severe technical issues, Fallout 76 — Bethesda Game Studios’ multiplayer-focused MMO-lite take on the post-apocalyptic RPG series — grew to...
