The Odyssey director Christopher Nolan has offered his thoughts on the "immediate and harsh" judgment of "AI slop" from younger audiences. bit.ly/44pQ9u0
- Activision’s ports of the much-loved Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 immediately raised eyebrows for their price, but they’ve come under fire for their disappointing graphics performance, too. bit.ly/4pm6f1C
- This week's devastating Xbox layoffs will have a "substantial and cascading effect" on Bethesda's development of The Elder Scrolls 6, multiple staff at the studio have told IGN. bit.ly/3R9WwOX
- One analyst suggested that even if half a million people cancelled their PlayStation Plus subscription in protest of Sony killing discs, it would be just a drop in the ocean for the company — which is not going to change its mind. bit.ly/4wRfo4P
- id Software has issued a statement following layoffs at Xbox that saw roughly half the staff at the legendary first-person shooter studio lose their jobs. bit.ly/3SLD8IR
- Uwe Boll's revenge movie Citizen Vigilante is getting an official PS5 game. It looks rough. bit.ly/44CexsF
- As gamers sign online petitions and swarm upon each and every PlayStation social media post, the EU has said it’s powerless to actually stop Sony — and indeed any company — from killing discs. bit.ly/44pOjcB
- More than eight years on from its official announcement, The Elder Scrolls 6 is still at least two more years from release, according to Bloomberg. bit.ly/44jjWVi
- Despite a passionate campaign from fans, the maker of the romance game Love and Deepspace appears to be – at least for now – sticking with its decision to exclude the new love interest Valko from the latest update. bit.ly/3QOOwTD
- CD Projekt has hailed the success of Cyberpunk 2077, announcing it has now hit the 40 million copies sold mark. That’s up 5 million copies from the last time the developer announced Cyberpunk 2077 sales, back in November when it hit 35 million. bit.ly/44NG7D4
- ICYMI: Following the layoffs that ripped through the Xbox business this week, Asha Sharma admitted that Microsoft’s gaming strategy had failed, and a key part of that failure had to do with Game Pass. bit.ly/4y7Nti7
- ICYMI: One Love and Deepspace fan created a real-world tribute to cancelled character Valko at Anime Expo. bit.ly/4vIu1XK
- ICYMI: Obsidian Entertainment, the developers known for their work on Fallout: New Vegas, The Outer Worlds, Grounded, Pentiment, Avowed, and more, are reportedly working on a new Fallout game. This, in place of working on an Avowed sequel. bit.ly/4fb9d4l
