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If you read Kotaku even semi-regularly, you already know that Xbox has been in a weird spot for some time now. And with today’s news that both Xbox boss Phil Spencer and President Sarah Bond are leaving and the new head of the brand will be a former Meta exec who previously lead Microsoft’s AI division, I think it’s time to call it. Xbox is dead. Time of death: February 20, 2026. This death is far from sudden or surprising. If anything, we’ve all seen it coming for a while now. Reading the news about Xbox often felt like checking…

The Xbox brand just underwent a seismic shift. On Friday afternoon, news broke that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer had retired from the company. Also out was Sarah Bond, who resigned from her role as President at Xbox. Asha Sharma, President of CoreAI at Microsoft, stepped in to lead the Xbox brand as CEO. It’s a whirlwind of news that’s sure to leave the industry speechless. What’s next for Xbox in the wake of such a major change? Does Sharma’s new role mean that we should expect a total pivot to AI? Is this the end of Xbox as we…

Ubisoft’s Montpellier studio was evacuated over a bomb threat earlier this week, and an investigation is reportedly underway to find the person or persons responsible.According to French news outlet Midi Libre, the bomb threat was sent to police on Thursday, February 19, which forced 800 Ubisoft Montpellier employees to evacuate the building. Police subsequently searched for an explosive device and were unable to locate one.”After investigation, authorities have confirmed there is no credible threat to our Montpellier studio,” said an Ubisoft spokesperson in a statement to GameSpot. “As a precaution, we evacuated the building and worked with local authorities. All…

Even before the game came out, it was pretty easy to guess that Nioh 3 would be a hit. From the word of mouth leading up to launch, to the well-received free demo, there was little chance the action RPG wasn’t going to be a major deal. Today, publisher Koei Tecmo has announced that the game has officially passed over one million copies sold worldwide across PC, and PlayStation 5. This makes it the fastest in the Nioh franchise to reach this milestone. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings As a result of this fantastic…

On February 10, filmmaker Ruairí Robinson made a bold claim on X. “This was a 2 line prompt in seedance 2. If the hollywood is cooked guys are right maybe the hollywood is cooked guys are cooked too idk,” he wrote. The post was accompanied by a video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt performing a fight scene together. The clip gained attention for its apparent sophistication; it appeared well-choreographed, competently shot, and appropriately lit, which are all elements that other AI video tools have struggled to convincingly replicate. If Robinson’s claim was true, this was a significant leap forward…

Over the past decade, Don’t Nod has explored the soul-sucking worlds of 17th-century America, post-WWI London, dystopian Paris, and a high school in the Pacific Northwest. But for its next trick, the prolific studio is going somewhere no human has gone before: the ninth planet of our solar system. Aphelion is a third-person science-fiction game set in the 2060s. Earth, in this version of the future, has started to become uninhabitable. The European Space Agency sends astronauts to the edges of the solar system to explore its ninth planet — an ice-covered celestial body called Persephone, recently discovered by astronomers.…

Bluepoint Games, the developer behind 2020’s Demon’s Souls remake, has reportedly been shut down, according to a Bluesky post by reporter Jason Schreier.A PlayStation spokesperson told Bloomberg that roughly 70 staff have been cut with the studio’s closure coming in March “following a recent business review.””Bluepoint Games is an incredibly talented team, and their technical expertise has delivered exceptional experiences for the PlayStation community,: the spokesperson told Bloomberg. “We thank them for their passion, creativity, and craftsmanship.”Continue Reading at GameSpot

The Switch 2 is quickly approaching its one-year anniversary. Nine months in, how is the game library on Nintendo’s new flagship console shaping up? Quite well. What it lacks in the big exclusives we saw during the first year of its predecessor, it’s making up for with great versions of some of the best big-budget games around, as well as perfectly timed sequels from storied indie franchises. If you’re thinking of buying a Switch 2 or already have one, here are the 12 best games to check out on Nintendo’s latest handheld hybrid. One of the best RPGs ever got…

The Royal Shakespeare Company announced Wednesday that it will produce a play based on George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire novels: Game of Thrones: The Mad King, “a sweeping new stage epic” set shortly before the events in Game of Thrones, the book and HBO TV adaptation. The play, scripted by Every Brilliant Thing writer Duncan Macmillan, will premiere later this year in the UK’s Stratford-on-Avon, with priority tickets on sale as of April 14. Here’s the theater’s description of the show: A long winter thaws in Harrenhal, and spring is promised. At a lavish banquet on the…

Bethesda boss Todd Howard has provided an update on The Elder Scrolls 6, promising it will return to the “classic style” of Bethesda RPGs after Fallout 76 and Starfield each took a “creative detour.”Appearing on the Kinda Funny Gamescast, Howard said Fallout 76 and Starfield were “a little bit of a creative detour from kind of that classic Elder Scrolls, Fallout, where you are exploring a world in a certain way.”As reported by Kotaku, Howard added that players can expect Bethesda to get back to those roots with The Elder Scrolls 6. “We are coming back to that classic style…