Veteran game developer Peter Molyneux’s UK studio 22Cans has undergone a round of layoffs. Multiple employees were let go in the move, but the precise number of cuts was not made public. A spokesperson confirmed to GI.biz that the layoffs at the Fable designer’s studio were due to a variety …

Nintendo’s president, Shuntaro Furukawa, has discussed the company’s plans for new hardware to come after the Nintendo Switch. In an interview with Nikkei, translated by VGC, Furukawa said Nintendo is always developing new hardware in a research and development phase, but the company won’t release a new console until it …

After years of development, Josef Fares’ Hazelight Studios has completed its work on its next co-op game, It Takes Two. Fares made the announcement on Twitter, saying, “We finally did it! It Takes Two has gone gold.” Publisher Electronic Arts responded to Fares’ tweet with a humorous animated gif of …

We still don’t have a date for Stranger Things Season 4, but the actors on the show have begun to discuss how it will be the darkest and scariest season of the Netflix show so far. Finn Wolfhard, who plays Mike on the series, said on CBC Radio that Season …

The latest update for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is now live and it’s pretty big. Patch 1.12 adds River Raids, a brand-new game mission type, to play and also introduces several more abilities and skills to unlock. There are a ton of improvements and fixes included in the patch too. River …

It’s a new week and that means Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and the battle royale game Warzone are being updated again with new playlists and store bundles. Activision outlined everything that’s new in a blog post, and we’ve collected the highlights here. New Playlists For Black Ops …

The new $99 Xbox headset that Microsoft announced this week was actually first revealed to the world back in October 2020–and seemingly no one noticed. The Xbox Series X’s Power Your Dreams launch trailer–which debuted on October 9–featured Get Out star Daniel Kaluuya wearing the headset. After Microsoft announced the …

Season 2 of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone is right around the corner. Activision has released the cinematic trailer for Season 2, which launches on February 25 and seemingly takes players into a new jungle setting. The video is stuffed with clues about what to expect …

Outriders, the new shooter from the developers of Gears of War: Judgment and Bulletstorm, will release day-and-date on Google Stadia alongside the other editions of the game. The release date is April 1–and that’s no joke. The game had already been confirmed to launch on April Fool’s Day for PlayStation, …

Andy Jassy, the new Amazon who is taking over after Jeff Bezos steps down, has pledged his support to help the company do better and do more in the gaming space. Jassy said in an email to staff, obtained by Bloomberg, that Amazon Game Studios might not have succeeded right …