Tag: single-player

Doom co-creator John Romero weighs in on Xbox’s cuts to id Software, underlines the importance of digital preservation and the studio’s history

Doom co-creator John Romero…

Xbox’s recently announced, division-wide layoffs are a disaster, and Doom studio id Software has been hit particularly hard right…
Zenless Zone Zero’s new Krampus squad know when you’ve been bad or good in a Christmas-y update to close out 2025

Zenless Zone Zero’s new…

Zenless Zone Zero‘s latest Special Program was a big one, bringing us all the news about Version 2.4, the…
The Outer Worlds and Fallout New Vegas studio Obsidian is reportedly losing a quarter of its staff in Xbox layoffs

The Outer Worlds and…

Obsidian, the legendary RPG studio behind The Outer Worlds, Avowed, Fallout New Vegas and other acclaimed games, is losing…
What exactly is going on with Marvel’s Blade? Arkane Lyon’s fate remains unclear in the wake of Xbox’s controversial ‘reset’

What exactly is going…

Yesterday, we officially heard what has been rumoured for the past few weeks: Microsoft is set to lay off…
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond delivers the series’ trademark gameplay in spades, but I fear one very annoying addition might derail the whole thing

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond…

It’s difficult to believe, but it has been the better part of two decades since the last new Metroid…
State of Decay 3 may no longer launch into Game Pass, now that Microsoft is letting developer Undead Labs go

State of Decay 3…

State of Decay 3, the once first-party Xbox game, may not launch into Game Pass after all. The game’s…
Former Xbox boss Don Mattrick once reportedly suggested Halo 4 should have a real-money auction house like Diablo 3 infamously did

Former Xbox boss Don…

As the games industry grapples with Xbox laying off 3200 workers and dropping five studios, more voices are surfacing…
Sony’s Horizon series was always thought about as a multiplayer game, says studio head, following MMO announcement

Sony’s Horizon series was…

Despite being one of PlayStation’s most prolific single-player series, developer Guerrilla Games has “always thought about” its Horizon franchise…
Latest Xbox layoffs hit id Software as Doom: The Dark Ages’ DLC launches, around half of the staff potentially cut

Latest Xbox layoffs hit…

Xbox is cutting 3200 jobs between now and the end of financial year 2027, with studios like Undead Labs…
“How much innovation can the end-user handle?” – Shawn Layden explains why he said Sony should have made PlayStation Portable 2 rather than PS Vita

“How much innovation can…

Former PlayStation leader Shawn Layden has given more context to comments he made recently about how Sony shouldn’t have…