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The price of Xbox's next generation console, codename Project Helix, may be higher than many of us expected. Helix, which is reportedly going to ship as two devices, is estimated to cost close to $2,000. Read more
Xbox is reportedly gearing up for three more rounds of layoffs as the Microsoft gaming division continues CEO Asha Sharma's plan to reset the business. According to a new report, the first of these is taking place this month, followed by another in November and one in January 2027. Read more
You can play Football Manager 27 on PC and Mac for free this year for five full days later this month, in a first for the series and apparently an "industry first" for games of its kind. Read more
Venerable RPG studio Bioware announced on it is shutting down after more than 30 years of making RPGs. The studio is responsible for making the original Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and Anthem. As part of the announcement Bioware also say that "development on the next Mass Effect project is ending." Read more
Project Helix is reportedly set to launch in 2028 The post Xbox’s new console could cost $1800, new report claims appeared first on NME.
Hope. It's in short supply at the moment. Regardless, I hope that something a Canadian politician's proposed in a post scoring easy likeability points at the expense of EA's recently installed owners comes to pass, no matter how unlikely it is to do so at this point. Rather than being unceremoniuously shuttered, leaving the world staring down the barrel of a future without new games from a storied studio, BioWare should be handed over to its staff with backing from the Canadian government. Read more
Microsoft has revealed how much its Xbox cloud gaming service is going to cost, with 50 hours of stream-time selling for an introductory price of $11.99. Read more
EA has closed its longtime studio partner BioWare, the iconic development house behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age, impacting around 50 staff who were in pre-production on the next Mass Effect game. In the aftermath of EA's decision, one of those affected has shared a little about the project, claiming it would have featured unprecedented levels of player freedom and choice reactivity. Read more
An internal trailer for the cancelled Mass Effect game that was in-development at BioWare prior to its closure this week has appeared online. It's confirmed to be real, too, amid some initial suspicions it may have been an AI generated fake. Read more
UPDATE 6.00pm (UK): In a formal statement, Xbox told Eurogamer: "We don't discuss individual personnel matters. We're grateful for Helen's years of service and wish her well". Read more
