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Game Pass stuck at 30 million subs — Microsoft missed its 77 million target
Subscription growth stalls, raising doubts about day-one game access
Xbox CEO admits Game Pass growth stalled far below internal projections, raising questions about the service's role in Microsoft's gaming strategy.
Xbox cutting 5 studios, thousands of jobs in major restructure
Layoffs hit Double Fine, Ninja Theory — Game Pass roadmap just got murkier
Microsoft confirmed layoffs and studio exits across Xbox Game Studios, including Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Compulsion. No full closures announced yet.
Xbox layoffs hit Id Software's engineering team, 60-70 devs cut from Obsidian
Microsoft cuts hit the studios behind Doom and Fallout — expect slower patch cycles
Microsoft's latest round of cuts reportedly gutted Id Software's coding roster and slashed up to 70 developers from Obsidian, raising questions about future support for Doom, Fallout, and Avowed.
CS:GO hits record player counts after Valve splits it from Counter-Strike 2
Legacy CS:GO outperforms its own history after getting un-retired
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is pulling bigger concurrent player numbers than ever after Valve made it a separate Steam app again, while CS2 remains the overall bigger game.
AMD raises GPU chip prices to board partners, retail hikes incoming
Price hikes from AMD could erase the RX 9070 XT's value edge over NVIDIA
AMD is increasing prices on its GPU and VRAM bundles sold to AIB partners. Expect higher shelf prices on Radeon cards soon.
Lenovo Legion Go S steam machine dies after 5 minutes, GPU failure echoes Xbox 360 red ring
Day-one firmware update allegedly bricked a $700 handheld's GPU in minutes
A brand-new Lenovo Legion Go S bricked itself with GPU failure moments after a firmware update, drawing comparisons to the Xbox 360's launch disaster.
Intel raises Core Ultra 270K Plus and 250K Plus prices 15-16%
Intel's budget Arrow Lake refresh loses its pricing edge
Intel quietly bumped MSRPs on its new Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus by $50 and $30, respectively — two months after launch.
AMD raising Radeon GPU kit prices 10% in July
10% kit increase lands in July — expect $30–60 bumps on custom Radeon cards
AMD will hike prices on its Radeon GPU kits by 10% starting in July, according to Chinese Board Channels. The increase affects the GPU die and GDDR6 memory bundles sold to AIB partners.
Valve's Steam Machine ships with single-channel RAM, tanks performance
Cost-cutting RAM config leaves frames on the table
Valve cut costs on the Steam Machine by using single-channel DDR5, leaving performance on the table even though the GPU isn't the bottleneck.
Battlefield 6 gunplay overhaul drops next week with long-awaited feature
DICE finally adds a shooting range and tweaks recoil across every weapon
DICE is reworking Battlefield 6's shooting mechanics in a major update, finally adding a community-requested feature after years of feedback.
AMD's 26.6.2 driver breaks on Windows 10, hotfix out now
Latest AMD driver broke on Windows 10—hotfix is live, but the OS is EOL
AMD's latest Adrenalin driver shipped broken for Windows 10 users. A hotfix is live, but the OS is EOL—this is what happens when you run unsupported software.
Memory prices spike as DDR5 and VRAM shortages hit PC builders
Shortage driving DDR5 and VRAM prices up across the board
DDR5 RAM and high-VRAM GPUs are seeing steep price increases amid ongoing memory shortages, affecting everything from DIY builds to the new Steam Machine.