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Xbox boss Asha Sharma pins layoffs on Phil Spencer's regime spreading the company "too thin", while claiming a "a healthy Xbox" could weather the RAM storm

Xbox laid off around 1600 people earlier this week, revealing plans to part ways with five studios at the same time. Naturally, boss Asha Sharma's been tasked with justifying it all, and she's now gotten as close as she likely ever will to pointing the finger directly at Phil Spencer's regime, while claming that if Xbox were doing well, the RAM crisis would've been something the company could just tank their way through. Read more

Here's the Black Flag Resynced release time for your region

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.

Cat Mail Co. is a cosy game where you run a post office for cats, and I wish it let me snoop into their private lives

I love to hold a stranger's post. Letters are good. Though, those padded protective envelopes are better – what's inside that needs that extra level of protection?. But a box, especially one whose contents move a little inside when you tilt it. Oh, that mystery is the most marvelous. It could be anything in there. Stolen jewellery, returned love letters, coffee maker pods. Anything. Given the chance to run a post office, I'd like to think I would be a responsible guardian for everyone's m

LiberNovo Omni Pro review

An already excellent ergonomic gaming chair gets nicer fabric, smarter tricks, and a higher price—without really changing how it feels to sit in.

Geekom A9 Max AI AMD Mini PC review

We're looking at a single-channel RAM kit here, folks.

Past Midnight: building the next era of World of Warcraft

How does World of Warcraft stay relevant in 2026 and beyond?

"A mentor and an inspiration to many": Skywind devs pay tribute to modder Kettlewitch, whose death has left another Skyrim mod's future up in the air

The team behind Morrowind remake mod Skywind have paid tribute to modder Kettlewitch, a veteran of the Skyrim modding scene, following his death on June 15th. Kettlewitch, real name David Purcell, also worked on a number of other ambitious Skyrim modding projects over the years, including Oblivion remake Skyblivion and Thras: The Coral Kingdom, with the latter's future now looking uncertain. Read more

WoW Classic player hits 60 on hardcore self-found with every class, decides that isn't enough, does a naked run for good measure

"Naked fire mage was a damn cat with 9 lives."

Minecraft finally adds seats after 17 years, but the potential for builders is even bigger

Valve has released Windows drivers for the Steam machine, y'know for the three people who managed to buy one and inexplicably want a different OS

Not many have been made, the device is hella expensive, and Windows is not made for the living room while Steam OS is. Otherwise, great news.

Super variants of the RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070 have cropped up in Seasonic's PSU calculator, suggesting we may see Nvidia's long-lost GPUs yet

CES 2027, perhaps?

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review - the best pirate game got even better

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review

Newer, not better.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review - a great pirate game swaps the ups and downs of old Assassin’s Creed for the ups and downs of new Assassin’s Creed

Frigate spotted off the starboard bow, Cap’n! Ready the mortars, me hearties! Fire! All sail! We’ll split her in twain with the ram! She’s not done, swing around and ready the cannons! Fire! She’s dead in the water, bring her in for a steely kiss! These are the sounds of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag at its best, and all these years on, they’re the sounds of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced at its best. Read more

NVIDIA 610.43.03 driver released for Linux with a vague changelog

NVIDIA just released Linux driver version 610.43.03, once again being rather vague about what has actually changed in it.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

NTE: Neverness to Everness released on Steam - works on SteamOS / Linux with a workaround

NTE: Neverness to Everness is the latest bigger Anime gacha game to arrive on Steam from Perfect World Games / Hotta Studio and it can work on SteamOS / Linux.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Smartphones - »Die nächste Pixel-Generation«: Google kündigt August-Event für Pixel 11, Watch 5 und Buds Pro an

Google wird am 12. August die neue Pixel-Generation vorstellen.

Humble Choice has some essentials for July 2026 like Sea of Stars and Drop Duchy

Humble Choice for July 2026 is out now and there's some really wonderful games included - this is one not to be missed.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

xorg-server 21.1.24 and xwayland 24.1.13 released to fix more security issues

More security issues were recently discovered with xorg-server 21.1.24 and xwayland 24.1.13 released to fix up the problems.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Proton 11.0-1 officially released to expand Windows games on SteamOS / Linux

Valve just released Proton 11.0-1, a huge upgrade to their compatibility layer to run Windows games on SteamOS / Linux systems.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Task Bar Hero class tier list and the best team compositions for idling your way through the endgame

Keep Ranger your priority and everything else will fall into place.

Former Elder Scrolls Online designer laments the destruction of layoffs: 'There’s really no one left and no changing it now'

ZeniMax Online Studios reportedly lost half its employees in yesterday's Xbox layoffs.

Get spirited away to a weird, scary version of a Japanese town and take pictures of the oddities you find in SOMBRAS: negative frames

About a year and a half ago I bought a point and shoot 35mm film camera because I was getting a bit bored of taking photos on my phone in the name of capturing a memory, only to literally never look at them again. Film just has a magic to it, a magic that's difficult to capture in a game for obvious technical reasons. But how about mechanical ones? Enter SOMBRAS: negative frames, a horror-lite photography game about a Japanese-Spanish photography student who gets spirited away. Read more

Xbox layoffs hit accessibility leadership, calling into question Microsoft's continued commitment to accessibility initiatives

Accessibility efforts have been some of Microsoft's biggest wins—but that didn't stop it from cutting accessibility leads.