Yo I'm Moon (Brendan)🌙

Yo I'm Moon (Brendan)🌙

@yoimmoon.bsky.social

Game Design Alumni #FullSail | #GameDev | #IndieDev | Opinions are my own. | Daydreaming Moon Studios.

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I hope they get to make avowed 2. Do a new Vegas remake and knock it out quickly, then do avowed 2. Prove new ip can stand.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social

BREAKING: Obsidian Entertainment is making a big pivot as part of the Xbox restructuring. It has laid off a quarter of its staff, canceled a planned sequel to Avowed, and is now beginning work on a new Fallout game, according to people familiar with the plans www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Scariest part. Fucking hate it.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social

I want to re-emphasize one part of this Xbox story: Half of the 3,200 cuts are happening today and half are happening in the next 12 months. In other words, even people who survived today's layoffs will have to spend the coming year wondering if they're going to be next.

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Even now there's misinformation floating around, so let me make this clear: Xbox is cutting 3,200 jobs, or 20% of the organization. 1,600 jobs will be eliminated today, and then another 1,600 (including the studio divestments) in the next 12 months. Full story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comMicrosoft’s Xbox to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Divest Five Studios in Major OverhaulCompulsion and Double Fine studios will become independent; Undead Labs and Ninja Theory will be sold. Xbox will also look to sell or spin out Arkane Studios.

Genuinely hate this and the entire industry cutting jobs. Talented people lives being uprooted because line always needs to go up. And rumors of undead lab possibly being included in the layoffs. I'm so over Xbox, Playstation and gaming companies.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social

The massive Xbox layoffs won't happen until after the fiscal year ends, but the company is already ending contracts and cutting vendors. So Assembly, Xbox's main PR agency, is laying people off today.

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AI can die

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social

"Effective August 1, 2026, the price of XBOX consoles will increase by US$100 for 512 GB models and US$150 for 1 TB models. We will be updating prices worldwide. We will also be sunsetting our 2 TB model." news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...

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A friendly reminder that Double Fine's Psychodyssey is one of the finest pieces of media ever created, and a must-watch for anyone who cares about video games, yet somehow it's also completely free www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

youtube.comDouble Fine PsychOdyssey - YouTube2 Player Productions and Double Fine Productions present Double Fine PsychOdyssey, an unprecedented documentary experience seven years in the making. Ten yea...

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if any Xbox employee from any studio or part of the company want to chat with a reporter about all this, anonymously or otherwise, my email and Signal are in my bio, and I would like to listen. I cannot fathom what everyone must be feeling right now.

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Looking back at this list from the 2021 era and it's hard not to be sad at this fumble of talent and potential. Xbox could have laid a solid foundation to build a diverse lineup that any other publisher would be envious of. Instead they got layoffs, closures, or survivor's guilt and an escape plan.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social

BREAKING: Several Xbox studios, including Compulsion, Ninja Theory and Double Fine, are negotiating with Xbox as they try to avoid closure. Some or all could spin off. Lots still in flux as many studios remain unsure about what's happening. Here's the latest: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

These people do not deserve this. The game was a great start to a refreshing and new IP. I get the business side, but XBOX needs gamepass games, South of Midnight was a great one for the service and for their brand. Representation really matters. Just sucks to see the trend continue.

Kotaku@kotaku.com

Xbox Is Planning To Shutter Peabody Award-Winning Compulsion Games https://kotaku.com/xbox-shuttering-south-of-midnight-peabody-award-compulsion-games-2000706065

Mixtape deserves every 10/10. The game far exceeded my expectations and pulled at my heart strings so much. I'll love it forever, same as I do The Artful Escape. Beethoven & Dinosaur make such unique experiences that no one else is doing. One of my favorite dev teams ever.

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Hello! I am looking for devs who are open to giving out 20-25 game codes for my students to play. This can be literally any game and on any platform. Please let me know if you are interested! 💗

This isn't it.... the ai filter effect on the faces is so grotesque

Digital Foundry@digitalfoundry.bsky.social

We've brought back our "zoomer" screenshot tool and loaded up a range of DLSS 5 on/off comparisons from a range of games. Check it out: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/nvi...

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Big news! Azzy is officially part of the Games from Ireland event on Steam! Proud to be featured alongside such amazing Irish talent. Support an Irish indie dev, check us out and add Azzy to your wishlist! 🌿✨ store.steampowered.com/sale/Gamesfr... #IndieDev #IrishGames #3DPlatformer #indiegame

store.steampowered.comGames from Ireland 2026Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with games made in Ireland and by Irish teams around the world

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Removing YouTube from my kids lives has improved their moods and behavior leaps and bounds more than I thought it would. I replaced YouTube with board games and toys and now they play together more than ever before. Highly recommend.

Crazy news. Mainly Sarah Bond. She seemed to be primed to be the next CEO of Xbox.

IGN@ign.com

EXCLUSIVE: Xbox head Phil Spencer is retiring on Monday, and Xbox President Sarah Bond, long thought to be Spencer's heir apparent, has resigned. The new CEO of Microsoft Gaming will be Asha Sharma, currently the President of Microsoft’s CoreAI product. https://bit.ly/4rZUZI7

I hate this so much. The game was shit on for the dumbest things. It's amazing how quick the devs implemented changes yet they're still having to lay off most of the staff. The game industry as a whole needs a huge fucking reset.

The Verge@theverge.com

Highguard’s developer lays off ‘most’ of its staff just over two weeks after launch

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The number of people I know in games looking for work right now is staggering. ...including me! (if you need a c++ programme with nearly fifteen years of gamedev experience across eight platforms and five engines, get in touch)

Andy Diggle@andydiggle.bsky.social

"The UK creative industries — which contributed £125 billion to the economy in 2024 and supported 2.4 million jobs — are being destroyed by an AI sector that, whatever its long-term potential, contributed just £11 billion in the same year and supported only 85,000 jobs." archive.is/hvRv2

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Gaming stocks are dropping today after Google's rollout of Project Genie, an AI tool that lets users create and explore virtual worlds for 60 seconds. This is the result of a market that does not understand how video games are made. Allow me to suggest that the Street read Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

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"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know. This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.

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Do YOU want to play Kiln before almost anyone else? Sign up for our Beta Testing Program and be one of the first on the battlefield. We'll be sending more details about future beta opportunities to anyone who signs up, and we'd love to have you! doublefine.com/beta 🏺Get Fired Up for the Throwdown🏺

doublefine.comDouble Fine: Kiln Beta Sign-upDouble Fine Productions is an award-winning game development studio founded in 2000 by games industry veteran Tim Schafer.