Topic: gaming industry trends
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Oblivion Remaster Dev Lays Off 300 Employees
Virtuos, a major gaming studio known for projects like The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered and Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, has laid off around 300 employees (7% of its workforce), primarily in China, despite recent successes. The studio, which contributed to titles like Cyberp...
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Top Xbox Game Pass Games to Play in 2025
Xbox Game Pass in 2025 offered a compelling library, highlighted by standout independent games and a diverse range of experiences from RPGs to puzzle adventures. Notable new titles included **Avowed**, a focused fantasy RPG with flexible combat, and **Keeper**, an inventive puzzle-platformer with...
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Xbox Struggles With Black Friday Sales
Xbox hardware underperformed significantly during Black Friday, failing to place in the top three in the US and falling to a distant third in the UK market. Microsoft's strategy has shifted away from innovative hardware like Kinect, focusing instead on expanding its game ecosystem and subscriptio...
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SteamOS Expands Its Reach in PC Gaming
Lenovo will launch a SteamOS version of its high-end **Legion Go 2** handheld in June, signaling growing momentum for Valve's Linux-based platform in the PC gaming market. Valve has been expanding SteamOS compatibility through a certification program and software updates, with the new Legion Go 2...
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Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike: First Gaming Mouse with Analog Tech & Haptic Feedback
Logitech has introduced the G Pro X2 Superstrike, a gaming mouse featuring an industry-first analog click system using its proprietary Haptic Inductive Trigger System (HITS) to provide customizable actuation points and haptic feedback. The technology combines inductive analog sensing with real-ti...
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Why PC Gamer's Top 100 Excluded MMOs: 3 Theories Explained
No MMOs were included in PC Gamer's 2025 top 100 list, not due to a decline in quality but because of the editorial team's specific preferences and constraints. The demanding time investment required to properly evaluate MMOs and the genre's focus on older, established titles made them difficult ...
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The Last of Us Online Devs Open New Studio in Japan
Former Naughty Dog director Vinit Agarwal has founded a new game studio in Japan after leaving the PlayStation developer earlier this year, though details about its first project remain undisclosed. Agarwal’s departure reflects broader leadership changes at Naughty Dog, with only Neil Druckmann r...
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