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Montreal-based developer Compulsion Games, who avoided closure amidst the mass layoffs by Xbox Game Studios this month by negotiating its independence, has taken to LinkedIn to let other developers and publishers know that they are open for business – and seemingly open to working as a support studio on another team’s project.

Games Done Quick is best known for its feel-good moments like a dog hitting a walk-off home run in a baseball video game while raising money for charity. However, this year’s Summer Games Done Quick charity stream ran into controversy after GDQ announced a sponsored stream with SNK only to cancel it shortly thereafter due […]

Mit dem Fahrsimulator BeamNG.drive hat sein Bremer Studio einen Steam-Hit gelandet – jetzt will CEO Thomas Fischer den PlayStation 5-Markt erschließen. Keine drei Minuten zu Fuß sind es vom Bremer Wahrzeichen – den in Bronze gegossenen Stadtmusikanten – zur Zentrale der BeamNG GmbH. Das 2013 gegründete Studio ist das, was man einen ‚hidden champion‘ nennt: […]

Microsoft’s mass layoffs had a heavy impact on the Xbox division, and Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind The Outer Worlds, is one of many Xbox-owned studios where cuts were deep. Kotaku reports that between 60 and 70 people–roughly a quarter of the studio’s workforce–have been let go. The talent laid off includes producers, QA testers, […]

Despite promises of a reset, the unveiling of a fancy new logo, and a charm offensive for its new leadership, the news at Xbox has been getting increasingly worse throughout 2026. Between massive price increases for Xbox hardware—and possibly another one soon–the fluctuating price of Xbox Game Pass, and the cancellation of funding on several […]