games

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-cancellations-july-2025 Perfect Dark cancelled too?

Xbox really did lose the console war

it's more amazing just how bad they are at publishing games

from which to greenlight, how to market them, and how to support them post-launch

compulsion games is likely being shut down

no news yet

"Today we are sharing decisions that will impact colleagues across our organization. To position Gaming for enduring success and allow us to focus on strategic growth areas, we will end or decrease work in certain areas of the business and follow Microsoft’s lead in removing layers of management to increase agility and effectiveness. Out of respect for those impacted today, the specifics of today’s notifications and any organizational shifts will be shared by your team leaders in the coming days. I recognize that these changes come at a time when we have more players, games, and gaming hours than ever before. Our platform, hardware, and game roadmap have never looked stronger. The success we're seeing currently is based on tough decisions we've made previously. We must make choices now for continued success in future years and a key part of that strategy is the discipline to prioritize the strongest opportunities. We will protect what is thriving and concentrate effort on areas with the greatest potential, while delivering on the expectations the company has for our business. This focused approach means we can deliver exceptional games and experiences for players for generations to come.

Prioritizing our opportunities is essential, but that does not lessen the significance of this moment. Simply put, we would not be where we are today without the time, energy, and creativity of those whose roles are impacted. These decisions are not a reflection of the talent, creativity, and dedication of the people involved. Our momentum is not accidental—it is the result of years of dedicated effort from our teams. HR is working directly with impacted employees to provide severance plan benefits (aligned with local laws), including pay, healthcare coverage, and job placement resources to support their transition. Employees whose roles were eliminated are encouraged to explore open positions across Microsoft Gaming, where their applications will be given priority review. Thank you to everyone who has shaped our culture, our products, and our community. We will move forward with deep appreciation and respect for all who have contributed to this journey. Phil"

you know, it really says something that all of the devs being fired are on Bluesky

and the ones not being fired are on Twitter

I wonder why

Blizzard had a QA division?

they test that microtransactions go through properly

It's to balance out their SA division

HEYO!!!! HAHAH!!!

They get WFH now? :)

More like, FH

Blizzard employees when they find the breast milk fridge

this would make a great Funny joke

The joke is rather funny isn't it

They've fired the last few original Rare devs

Freed from the shackles of another 15 Sea of Thieves seasons

related, I saw that Diablo 4 is already up to season 10

and that blew my mind

How did Stop Killing Games petition go from 700,000 to 900,000 in only a few days?

The guy dropped a video calling out pirate software and people are mad at pirate software

if you do not want to click that

it's more than that, 400k to 900k in <1 week

They have averaged over 50,000 signatures a day the last nine days

yep, they'll likely get to 1M on the 4th of July

and we can all shitpost with the Independence Day clip

I am glad we may not have to "own nothing and be happy" as they say.

or at least, less of that

They will probably just force publishers to change their EULAs so they aren't so encompassing

I actually think the EU will enforce this, effective date will be something like 2028 by the time it gets agreed to and give devs ample time to prepare

and it won't be retroactive, etc.

Oh that's not what I meant. Publishers copy/paste/find+replace their EULAs so they would have to change their template. I know it won't be retroactive

oh, my bad I misunderstood

Though ofc I wish it was. I do not spend money on free mobile games but there are a few I enjoyed that are now lost.

All I have now is memories... and I can't say I 'completed' the game

the number of mobile games that were deleted from existence is insanely high

especially since ios and andoid version changes breaking 99% of them

let alone anything recent that's got a server backend

It certainly numbers in the hundreds of thousands if not millions

This weeks nightreign boss was disappointingly easy

I just want a way to play the kh mobile game, it was a lot of fun

I just want them to rerelease the alicesoft gacha but also release it in english

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Xbox W

Stop Killing Games petition reached 1M.

It need 1M to go before EU correct?

Yes. No idea how many of those will count, though.

The website has goals up to 1,400,000

Hm, I assumed they used some sort of EU identity to match each signature.

"To cover for invalid signatures, we may need at least 1.4 million signatures to secure this petition."

Ty ^^

what's his problem?

He has a gnome up his ass

also he is a zero talent nepo baby

keemstar?

He wishes

have you not seen the gnome statue

no

also whats this campaign about

Basic TL;DR is they want the EU to relgulate that games cannot be sold in the EU without an end of life plan (so you can't make a game, then it bricks in 6 months being unplayable after you shut the servers off)

and they want all games that are being "sold" to not use the word sell if you are just getting access to a liscence that can be revoked

Fix's include them releasing the server binaries so dedicated people could figure out how to self host, remove any always on drm they might have had in place stopping an otherwise playable game from working, etc

it is literally only benificial, pirate software being a blizzard nepo baby who uses DRM for his undertale ripoff that is never coming out, is very against this

He is also a gay fury who did cringe erp that got leaked with either a minor or like 18/19 year old (I forget which)

He blew up somewhat because of youtube shorts