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The time has finally come for Xbox's massive reset—in a statement on the official Xbox site today, recently-minted CEO Asha Sharma revealed the fate of several studios. I won't be focusing on them in this article (although you can read the words of my fellow PCG writer Andy Chalk first, if you'd like). Instead I want to highlight (with the deserved scrutiny of a post announcing the threatened livelihoods of...
Today, Xbox announced what it calls "the most significant restructure in Xbox history": Part of a larger downsizing at Microsoft that's putting 4,800 employees out of work, the reorganization will eliminate 1,600 Xbox roles today, with the division aiming to reduce its headcount by 3,200 throughout the 2027 financial year.Alongside the layoffs, four game development studios are leaving Microsoft ownership for new management, including South of Midnight and We Happy...
The latest mass layoff at Xbox will see roughly 3,200 people lose their jobs—1,600 today, and 1,600 more over the next fiscal year—and four game studios turned loose into the forest: Compulsion and Double Fine as independents, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs under new ownership. It's bad no matter how you look at it, a reflection of flailing leadership at Microsoft and a dreadful state of affairs for the game...
First reported by GamesRadar, CD Projekt Red has thanked thousands of fans for doing something exceedingly rare in today's entertainment space: Not spoiling a hotly anticipated new show even though they got advance access.6,000 fans showed up to the advance premiere of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 at LA's Crypto.com Arena (lol) as part of Anime Expo 2026, where they got to see the first episode of Studio Trigger's follow-up to its...
Prime Day Live(Image credit: Lenovo | Secretlab)Jump straight to the deals you want...1. PCG's top products2. Deals by category3. Live updatesWelcome to the third and arguably hugest Amazon sale of 2026. This year, Amazon Prime Day will run from July 7 through July 13 in Australia, again calling into question the retail behemoth's grasp on the English language. As always I'll be keeping track of Amazon's PC gaming deals from...
Polish studio Rebel Wolves hasn't been shy about The Witcher 3's influence on its open world vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker. Based on the four hours I've spent with it, I think the resemblance is unmistakable, but tasteful. It's far better than a clone, and this new studio has a kit bag of ideas of its own. I came away feeling like The Blood of Dawnwalker is better than...
I won't bore you with another rant about the exorbitant cost of PC gaming in 2026. Buying RAM and storage is for the rich, browsing gaming laptops is wince-inducing, and don't get me started on pre-builds. I've been covering big sales events for PC Gamer for nearly a decade now and buying gear from any of these categories has never been more expensive. There's such a dearth of good deals,...
Task Bar Hero class tier list and the best team compositions for idling your way through the endgame
I've spent weeks playing Task Bar Hero as part of my daily work routine, and after pouring over 300 hours into the desktop auto-battler, it's safe to say it sits among my favorite idlers. Micromanaging the tiny pixel heroes at the bottom of my screen has also brought out the best worst parts of my 'number must go up' broken gamer brain, so I have some thoughts on what a...
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has made a number of big changes since taking over from former chief Phil Spencer. Some of them—dialling back Game Pass, leaning into exclusives—collectively represent a pretty clear repudiation of Spencer's strategies. In a new interview with Fortune (via Game Developer), Sharma was more explicit about her belief that Spencer got it wrong, saying that as a result of his approach, "[we] spread ourselves too thin.""In...
The Asus ProArt lineup is, in essence, the company's range of fancy PC products for creative professionals—and my goodness does it contain some nice-looking stuff. Which is why I jumped at the chance to test out one of the latest additions, the Asus ProArt Mouse MD301.It's certainly a handsome squeaker, designed to provide a subtle, refined, ergonomic option for those who have some serious work to do. It's all business,...