Banjo-Kazooie and Sea of Thieves director Gregg Mayles, Rare’s most experienced and influential game designer, will leave the company after more than 35 years following the cancellation of Everwild

The Last of Us Creator Neil Druckmann is stepping down from the HBO TV Show

Mass layoffs at Xbox. 50% of Turn 10 laid off. Raven CoD dev hit with huge layoffs

The UK branch of the Stop Killing Games petition has succeeded

Windows Central: Microsoft is closing down Xbox studio The Initiative, with Perfect Dark killed as well — joining Everwild and ZeniMax’s IP, and ‘several’ other projects

[Schreier] As one illustration of just how sloppy and chaotic today’s mass Xbox layoff has been, some employees at Zenimax Online Studios are now watching their Slack accounts abruptly get locked out. No message from HR, no word on whether…

Sources: Everwild has been cancelled as Xbox layoffs hit Rare

Microsoft to Lay Off Thousands; Xbox Chief Says Gaming Division Cuts Will Remove ‘Layers of Management’

Sony Still Does Physical Gaming Properly, Death Stranding 2 Fully Playable from Disc

Marvel Rivals devs confirm they’re “licensed” to turn any character from the past “85 years” of Marvel Comics into a playable hero, and they want to get weird

This video details the final days of Halo 2 on Xbox Live, and it’s a downright beautiful story, told with some of the best visuals and editing I’ve seen in years. Definitely watch this.

Obsidian director Josh Sawyer says it’s a ‘mistake’ for RPGs to sacrifice crunchy ‘sweaty boy’ systems in favour of a ‘one size fits all’ game, since easier difficulties aren’t too hard to make