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Five Things to Know About the July Xbox Reset

In an expected announcement from Asha Sharma, Xbox announced a new round of layoffs. Nearly 4,000 people will be let go from Microsoft, starting with about half of that total number dismissed today. There’s a lot in the announcement, so here are…

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (Campaign) Review

In a lot of ways, following up Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 with another entry in the sub-series is risky. Following Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, all eyes were on BO6, and it delivered on many fronts. Mainly, a stellar campaign…

Lionhead’s The Movies is 20 years old now; do you feel old yet?

I still have the big, bulky box, the expansion, the manual, and the whole thing, despite effectively being abandonware by this point. For those of us older than Jesus’ first pair of sandals, Lionhead Studios might be widely known for Black &…

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 (PC) – Review

The more that changes, the more that stays the same. With Vicarious Visions now being called Blizzard Albany (because there is no good to be done in this moral hellscape we call reality), a studio younger than both games featured in this…

Tony Hawk Wants to see a THUG Remaster too

I’ve recently said that we’re in the age of remakes/remasters, and I think that’s true. The late ’80s and early ’90s were a golden age of platformers. RPGs and the early 3D platformers took the late ’90s, and if you are old…

THPS 3+4 Remaster To Remove Goals, Bam Margera

With much excitement and fanfare came the announcement of a remastering for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 this week, developed by Iron Galaxy Studios and published by Activision. The first batch of remasters (Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2) were an…

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 revealed; including Doom Slayer

I can’t say the things I’ve said already since the announcement, mostly because they have been obscene and vulgar. That may be what I am, thanks to these types of games, according to some. Speculated soon after the release of the fantastic…

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Multiplayer (Xbox Series X) Review

The Call of Duty franchise needs little introduction, but for some who have left the series behind in recent entries, it might be time for a reintroduction. The core elements that have made the games one of the highest-grossing titles nearly every…

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Direct Rundown

In 2024, it’s wild to think that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be released as part of the Xbox Games Studio arsenal. With a new game coming from Treyarch and Raven Software, Microsoft stands to gain a lot from the title’s…

Activision QA Unionize, Largest in Industry

Despite the Strawbs 1973 hit being that very thing, a hit, I’m always surprised at the pushback against Unions. Particularly in US companies, the act of forming a union is quite difficult to do without questionable practices by the C-suite. As reported…