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Microsoft 'resets' Xbox by cutting 3,200 jobs this year, divesting five game studios — firm cites 'margins that are 3-10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses' (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-06 | by Andrew E. Freedman | tags: game, games, sharma

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Xbox confirms plans to cut 3,200 jobs over the next year (engadget.com)

2026-07-06 | by Kris Holt | tags: compulsion, game, games

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Xbox confirms plans to lay off 3,200 workers over the next year (engadget.com)

2026-07-06 | by Kris Holt | tags: division, games, independent

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Former Xbox studios Double Fine and Compulsion will keep games after going indie (theverge.com)

2026-07-06 | by Jay Peters | tags: compulsion, compulsion games, games

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Show HN: Homegames. An open-source game platform I've been making for 8 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-05 | tags: code, code fork, designed

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Sony says it will still make physical discs after 2028, as long as the game came out before then (engadget.com)

2026-07-05 | by Jackson Chen | tags: disc, discs, game

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It's not about physical vs. digital games, it's about ownership (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-05 | tags: console, digital, game

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PS5 Disc Drive purchase cap predates Sony's disc cutoff — 'high demand' order limit has been on the store page since at least March 2025 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-05 | by Luke James | tags: disc, drive, games

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Fill your Steam library without spending a single dime — scratch your shopping itch with the Steam Summer Sale Simulator (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-05 | by Jowi Morales | tags: buying, cart, game

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Sony crammed an entire PS1 into a DualShock controller that connects to your TV, but killed the project — PlayStation Puga offered game studios a mere 10 cents per unit sold (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-04 | by Jowi Morales | tags: console, controller, game

41.

How to watch Summer Games Done Quick 2026 (engadget.com)

2026-07-03 | by Kris Holt | tags: twitch, summer games done quick, donkey kong country 2

42.

Wing Commander IV and the FMV future that never quite was (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-03 | tags: wing commander iv, fmv, gog.com

43.

Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 3, #1118 (cnet.com)

2026-07-02 | by See Full Bio | tags: nyt, connections, wordle

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Sony’s ditching game discs for the PlayStation, but fans are still hungry for physical media (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: playstation, sony, grand theft auto

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Sony PlayStation Is Making a Major Change. Here’s What It Means for Gamers. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-02 | by Jonathan Small | tags: playstation, sony, playstation store

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Apple to ask court to halt Epic Games proceedings pending Supreme Court ruling (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-02 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: apple, epic games, app store

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Sony Phasing Out Physical Discs for PS5, Closes PS3 and PS Vita Stores (cnet.com)

2026-07-01 | by See Full Bio | tags: close, games, physical

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You’re paying for 80+ iPhone and iPad games through Netflix, here’s the full catalog (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-01 | by Zac Hall | tags: netflix, apple arcade, app store

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Sony to end physical PlayStation game disc production in 2028 (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-01 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: sony playstation, ps5, physical discs

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Sony is officially killing off physical PlayStation games (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-01 | tags: playstation, sony, android authority

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PlayStation Kills Off Future Physical Games (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-01 | tags: playstation, playstation 6, optical drive

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Sony will stop making physical PlayStation games starting in 2028 (techspot.com)

2026-07-01 | tags: sony, playstation, playstation store

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Apple's fight with Epic over App Store fees reaches the Supreme Court (techspot.com)

2026-07-01 | tags: apple, epic games, app store

54.

Nerdle Review (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | tags: board, desktop, game

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Apple’s Beef With Fortnite Maker Epic Games Is Heading to the Supreme Court (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-30 | tags: apple, epic games, supreme court

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California Bill To Preserve Online Games Fails Committee Vote (slashdot.org)

2026-06-30 | tags: california, online games, bill

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Apple takes Epic fight over app store fees to the Supreme Court (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-30 | tags: apple, epic games, app store

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The Supreme Court will hear an appeal in the long-running case between Apple and Epic Games (engadget.com)

2026-06-30 | by Kris Holt | tags: apple, epic games, supreme court

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The video game industry just told lawmakers Minecraft and Call of Duty private servers are illegal piracy (techspot.com)

2026-06-30 | tags: minecraft, call of duty, california

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US bill against paid game server shutdowns fails as ESA declares private Minecraft servers "illegal" (techspot.com)

2026-06-30 | tags: california, protect our games act, stop killing games