Xbox’s ‘reset’: all the news about Microsoft’s looming layoffs and studio closures
Xbox’s ‘reset’: all the news about Microsoft’s looming layoffs and studio closures

Xbox is making some big changes — again. On June 10th, a few months after Asha Sharma took over as CEO, she and newly promoted chief content officer Matt Booty sent a memo to staff warning of an “Xbox reset.” The business, they said, is facing significant challenges, including a 3 percent “accountability margin,” massively […]

The Razer Iskur V2 NewGen gaming chair shows that for premium comfort you really do have to pay a premium price
The Razer Iskur V2 NewGen gaming chair shows that for premium comfort you really do have to pay a premium price

The Razer Iskur V2 NewGen gaming chair builds on an already decent seat by adding an impressive bunch of new features to help justify its premium price.

NYT Connections Answers Explained: Thursday, July 2

Not sure what today’s NYT Connections answers are all about? Find out just what the different words in today’s grid mean and how they fit together.

Xbox might let you digitize your game discs, and the timing makes perfect sense

As Sony kills physical discs entirely, Microsoft is quietly building a way for Xbox owners to digitize their physical collections and carry them into a disc-free future.

Krafton settles with Subnautica 2 developer after drawn-out dispute over $250 million
Krafton settles with Subnautica 2 developer after drawn-out dispute over $250 million

After a lengthy legal dispute, Krafton has settled with its subsidiary Unknown Worlds Entertainment, which is developing Subnautica 2, and will pay bonuses to the studio’s staff, Bloomberg reports. The dispute began last year after Krafton pushed out Unknown Worlds’ cofounders, Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, and its CEO, Ted Gill, ahead of a potential […]

Xbox testing disc-to-digital feature that digitizes a physical game collection
Xbox testing disc-to-digital feature that digitizes a physical game collection

Microsoft will likely soon follow Sony and stop the production of physical discs for Xbox games. But instead of leaving physical discs behind entirely, sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell me the company has quietly been working on a disc-to-digital feature that will allow Xbox owners to digitize their existing physical game collections. Xbox employees […]

Krafton agrees to pay Subnautica 2 bonuses after CEO who used ChatGPT to dodge them steps down
Krafton agrees to pay Subnautica 2 bonuses after CEO who used ChatGPT to dodge them steps down

Krafton has agreed to pay bonuses to the entire staff of Unknown Worlds Entertainment, the studio behind Subnautica 2, after reaching a legal settlement with the company’s chief executive and co-founders. CEO Ted Gill told Bloomberg he is stepping down…

After ‘Destiny 2,’ The Most Important Next Step For Bungie Doesn’t Involve ‘Marathon’

Bungie needs to hold it together as a studio, and there’s something more important it needs to do than just throw tons of resources into Marathon.

‘We are not going to sit idly by’: video game retailers react to Sony’s PlayStation disc axeing announcement
‘We are not going to sit idly by’: video game retailers react to Sony’s PlayStation disc axeing announcement

Video game retailers could be in big trouble, with Sony eliminating physical copies from 2028, and the reaction online is fierce.