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John Walker

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · John Walker

    Ubisoft Unites Developers Of Splinter Cell, The Division, Ghost Recon And More Under Star Wars Outlaws Studio Massive Entertainment - Kotaku (opens the original)

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    Massive EntertainmentStar Wars OutlawsThe DivisionUbisoft In the wake of the awful firings across Microsoft’s Xbox development teams, it’s easy to forget it’s not the only major gaming company that’s restructuring its studios in an effort to make some money. Ubisoft has spent much of 2026 doing the same, resulting in grim job losses and studio closures, and a confusing reorganization that resulted in temporary business names like “Creative House 2.” Now that very title is set to be replaced with

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · John Walker

    Report: Gears Of War: E-Day Developers Fear For Their Jobs And Bonuses - Kotaku (opens the original)

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    Gears Of War: E-DayMicrosoftThe CoalitionXbox Developers of October 6’s Gears of War: E-Day have told Eurogamer they fear for their jobs as soon as the game is released. Microsoft-owned studio The Coalition has so far emerged pretty unscathed from this year’s brutal rounds of Microsoft gaming layoffs, but following the loss of the game’s story director, Juan Vaca, two weeks ago, and the barrage of thousands of job losses from Xbox teams this year, many more on the team feel certain their time co

  3. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · John Walker

    Xbox's Experiments With Cloud Gaming Seem To Be Collapsing - Kotaku (opens the original)

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    Cloud GamingMicrosoftXboxXbox Cloud Gaming A couple of years back, Xbox looked like it was all-in on cloud gaming. Everything was, we were assured, an Xbox. In 2024 the streaming-based tech was looking promising, if perhaps not at the level of quality people might want. In 2026, things look very different. Some Samsung TV owners have just been told they’ll be losing Xbox Cloud gaming in November; the once-unlimited access to streaming games is about to be reduced to just 15 hours a week, with su

  4. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · John Walker

    A Pikachu Pokémon Card Just Sold For An Inexplicable $8.4 Million, The Second-Highest Price Of All Time - Kotaku (opens the original)

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    We’ve been regularly documenting the crazy bubble in which the Pokémon TCG has found itself for the last two years, but the collectible cardboard still has the capacity to astonish us. Spotted by Men’s Journal (thanks GamesRadar), a so-called “Raincoat Pikachu” card has just sold at auction for a gobsmacking $8.4 million, making it the second highest-priced PTCG card of all time. But it’s odd; something feels off. Usually these sorts of inexplicable prices are reserved for the oldest and rarest

  5. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · John Walker

    Minecraft Dungeons 2 Is An Excellent Step Forward For An Already Great Cozy Action-RPG Formula - Kotaku (opens the original)

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    MicrosoftMinecraftMinecraft Dungeons IIMojang One of the most bizarre things about Minecraft spin-off Minecraft Dungeons is just how little it has to do with the game it’s spun off from. An isometric action-RPG that doesn’t even involve mining or crafting—Minecraft’s defining features!—the only overlap is in the blocky art-style and mobs. And yet, somehow, it still feels so intrinsically Minecraft-y. The sequel, released September 29, doesn’t take any steps to draw the two games closer together,

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