Double Fine Cuts 25% Of Staff After Separating From Microsoft

After regaining its independence from Microsoft, the veteran, esteemed game developer Double Fine has enacted a sweeping round of layoffs. Studio head Tim Schafer said the San Francisco-based studio laid off 23 people this week, which, according to reporter Jason Schreier, amounted to about 25% of the developer’s total headcount. “As a small, tightly knit…

Keychron’s gaming mouse firmware is going open-source, while the company critiques ‘firmware you can’t read, can’t audit, can’t change’

Keychron, the gaming peripheral creator, has developed a name for itself as a defender of open-source software over the last few years. It has an entire ‘Open Source Design Project‘, where it posts access to files to customise its keyboards, and it even uses ZMK and QMK, which are open-source software for keyboards. Open-source mouse…

Popular 2026 PS5 Action Game Already Discounted on PS Store

A May 2026 PS5 action adventure game is already discounted in a brand-new limited PS Store deal. Developed by Traveller’s Tales, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight has received its first major price cut just two months after a positive player and critic reception. Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is 20% off…

‘The Library’ skulls and terminal locations in Halo Campaign Evolved

“The Library” mission has three skulls and one terminal in Halo: Campaign Evolved. After discovering the Flood in “343 Guilty Spark, your goal is to find a way to eradicate them forever with the Guilty Spark’s help. However, you need to somehow find time to catch your breath amid the non-stop onslaught of enemies to…

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Sequel By New Studio Announced

Digital Bros, 505 Games’ parent company, has announced that developer Leenzee’s 2025 soulslike Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is getting a sequel–but said sequel won’t be developed by the original team at Leenzee. However, the sequel will be directed by Wuchang: Fallen Feathers’ creative lead, Xia Siyuan, under a newly formed studio named Chengdu Recursive Dolphin Technology….

WoW patch 12.1 has a release date, and there’s a brand new instance type

World of Warcraft patch 12.1, Curse of Ula’tek, is set to launch in just a couple of weeks on Tuesday, August 11. From whisking players off from the shores of Zul’Aman to The Coiled Isle, to player home additions, and boss fights within a mountain, there’s loads to sink your teeth (or, fangs, if you…

Ball x Pit’s Final Free Update Bounces Onto Switch Next Month

The time has finally come. Devolver Digital and Kenny Sun have announced that BALL x PIT‘s final free update is on the horizon, marking the end of 10 months’ worth of content drops. The ‘Naturalist’ update will arrive on Switch 1 and 2 on 6th August, and it looks just as crammed with new playstyles…

Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40,000 project at Amazon announces involvement of popular horror director, reminding everyone it still exists

In 2024, Games Workshop’s plan for a line of movies and TV shows in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, with Henry Cavill on board as both star and executive producer, resulted in a deal with Amazon Studios. In case you’d forgotten about it, or started to have doubts it was going anywhere, Games Workshop made sure…

PlayStation Store Update Worldwide July 28, 2026

Each week Sony brings PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR, and PlayStation Plus owners new content, add-ons, games, and more. Here is the complete global PlayStation Store update. PlayStation LifeStyle catalogs the PlayStation Store updates for the major regions across the globe. Check back every Tuesday to keep up to date with each week’s PlayStation…

Final Fantasy 14’s Next Expansion Will Feature A Crossover With Final Fantasy 7 So Of Course Fans Are Gonna Fight About It

The conclusion of the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest in Berlin brought with it a lot of new updates for Evercold, the game’s upcoming expansion due in January of next year. We got new information on one of the expansion’s two new classes, more details on the story and tweaks to the game’s battle and…