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🖥 Xbox, PCBernie Sanders is mad about the Xbox layoffs
The senator from Vermont is pretty chapped about the price hikes, too.
🖥 Xbox, PCXbox CEO Asha Sharma points the finger at Phil Spencer's strategy for yesterday's sweeping layoffs: 'We simply spread ourselves too thin'
Sharma didn't mention Spencer by name, but said Xbox is struggling because it neglected its "core business."
🖥 PlayStation, Xbox, PCWhat's changed in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
!(https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/edward-jumping-black-flag.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp) Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag(https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/assassins-creed-iv-black-flag) is considered by many to be one of the best in Ubisoft's ongoing chronicle of Assassins versus Templars, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a pirate-loving fan of this franchise who didn't enjoy swashbuckling as Edward Kenway in the original 2013 release. After many months of rumours swirling about the remaster, we've finally had a chance to sink our anchors into Black Flag Resynced(https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced), and can lay out the biggest differences that immediately caught our eye. If you've been on the fence about whether to check out this update, or are simply wondering what's changed, this guide's for you. We'll outline all the major differences between Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced and the original game, starting with the fresh coat of paint that Edward is sporting and ending with some of the more notable omissions to the game's overarching plot. Read more(https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-vs-original)
🖥 Xbox, PCJohn Romero commiserates with ousted id devs as around half the studio reported axed, says he hopes someone is preserving its work like he did before he left
"I know what it feels like to leave id while id goes on."
🖥 Xbox, PCIO Interactive says Project Fantasy isn't dead, but confirms that layoffs are happening
This isn't the sort of thing that should be happening a month after the release of a major, successful game like 007 First Light, but such is the way of the games industry.
🖥 Xbox, PCIt looks like Blizzard's escaped Xbox's grim reset scythe for now, though there's still time to be caught in the second 1600-strong layoff wave coming 2027
I'm sure this is great for morale.
🖥 Xbox, PCThe games industry reacts to Xbox layoffs: 'We are clearly at a turning point'
3,200 employees are being put out of work, and people have thoughts.
🖥 PlayStation, Xbox, PCAncient Sanctuary walkthrough - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
!(https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/ultimate-sakapatate-header-image.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp) Welcome to our 100% walkthrough for Ancient Sanctuary, a stopover before you get to the Gestral Village in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33(https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/clair-obscur-expedition-33). While not as large as Flying Waters(https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/clair-obscur-expedition-33-flying-waters-walkthrough), this maze-like forest realm is packed with twisting corridors and some very annoying enemies, as these sly Gestrals just won't stop attacking you in their ramshackle wooden mechs! Those wooden mechs - or Sakapatate, as they're called in-game - come in all shapes and sizes, with big shields, mounted guns that unleash waves of buckshot, and mannequin clubs. It's almost like these little guys don't want us to show up in their village and buy all of the goodies they have for sale. In this guide, we'll offer a 100% walkthrough of Ancient Sanctuary in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, telling you everything you need to know to survive the Sakapatate onslaught and find all of the area's secrets in the Sanctuary Maze. Read more(https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/clair-obscur-expedition-33-ancient-sanctuary-walkthrough)
🖥 Xbox, PCEven Obsidian couldn't escape the Xbox cuts, with losses ranging from a 21-year veteran artist to an engineer who'd only been there 2 months
No news was not, in fact, good news.
🖥 Xbox, PC, Multi-platformThe Steam Machine’s Red Line Of Death Is Less Scary, And More Useful, Than You Might Think
With the Steam Machine starting to land in some lucky buyers hands, a few of the gremlins in Valve's compact living-room PC have started to surface. But while some might remind you of infamous hardware failures of old, many of them are smartly designed errors that you can, for the most part, resolve yourself. Last week, the Steam Machine subreddit was rocked with what the community described as the "Red Line of Death,"(https://www.reddit.com/r/steammachine/comments/1ulzo6a/wellthesteammachinewasprettycoolforthe20/) a reference to the catastrophic Red Ring of Death that plagued early Xbox 360 units. The users in question seemed to think the Steam Machine in question was bricked and beyond repair, but a few resets and some BIOS updates later, the PC was restored. Perhaps most interesting was how it surfaced the smart way in which Valve is relaying vital hardware information when something does fail. The error this unfortunate Reddit user encounterd was probably the worst of the lot, with the half width, breathing red LED bar indicating a GPU failure. Different bar widths with different animations point to entirely different issues, however. Our own Steam Machine usage has run into another error, where the Steam Machine displayed a full, solid red bar, indicating an overheating issue. Steam support(https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6945-03B8-1EC9-0237) has a full page breaking down the meanings of different light bar colors and animations, and what they're telling you about the state of your Steam Machine. While some less crucial ones will be overwritten by your custom light bar settings, ones paired with critical errors will always be displayed. They give you an easy way to communicate what might be wrong with your Steam Machine should you need to contact support, which many of the worst issues suggest you do. Valve's Steam Machine went on sale last month, with a starting price of $1050(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/portable-steam-machine-gets-price-and-release-wind/1100-6429623/). It's a price that Valve itself wasn't happy with, but explained that its increase was similar to the recent Steam Deck price hike(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/steam-deck-gets-massive-price-hike/) that was similarly drive by the ongoing memory crisis.
🖥 Xbox, PCElder Scrolls Online developer left reeling by Xbox layoffs—with teams gutted, senior talent gone, and roadmaps 'shifting' as a result
A grim outcome from Xbox's latest round of reaping.
🖥 Xbox, PCBethesda Game Studios and ZeniMax hit hard by Xbox layoffs, says union
ZeniMax Online Studios and id Software have survived the latest bloodbath at Microsoft, but it sounds like they've been cut deeply.