Toys for Bob’s Lesson From Call of Duty Wasn’t Craft or Scale — It Was That They Desperately Wanted Out

In April 2021, the news that California-based studio Toys for Bob was being put on Call of Duty Warzone duty by Activision certainly displeased many fans of their Crash Bandicoot and Spyro games. Luckily, the studio eventually extricated itself from that uncomfortable position by regaining its independence and sealing a deal with Microsoft to work on one of their IPs next.

That project was revealed at the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 to be Spyro: A Realm Beyond , the first brand-new entry in the series

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iOS 27’s Clean Up Tool Shows Improvements That Are Above And Beyond Anything That iOS 26 Was Capable Of

One feature belonging to iOS 26 that was in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons was Clean Up, with the results transforming into a garbled, distorted mess that made people wonder when Apple was going to fix it. After a work in progress 12 months later, iOS 27 has finally addressed this problem, with the same tool now performing almost on par with Samsung’s Galaxy AI.

A few examples have been shared below showing the improvement jump that the Clean Up tool has made in iOS 27

iOS 26 Clean Up tool has improved substantially
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Square Enix Cracks AAA Trilogy Code in 10 Years With Final Fantasy VII Revelation While Rivals Burn Seven per Game

Following its massive Summer Game Fest showcase , Final Fantasy VII Revelation is officially locked in for a Spring 2027 launch across PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, and Xbox Series X|S. While modern AAA games require six to seven years to launch, Square Enix is successfully delivering an entire massive trilogy featuring two open-world titles in roughly a single decade . Speaking in a new interview, director Naoki Hamaguchi revealed how Creative Studio I completely avoided the long development times that are damaging the momentum of


Xbox Strategy Chief Admits Component Crisis Is Forcing a Total Rethink of Project Helix and the Console Model Itself

New Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball shared a lot of interesting tidbits about the platform and publisher's new plans in a live chat with The Game Business at Summer Game Fest 2026. As covered in our previous report, Ball admitted that the 50% price hike for Game Pass Ultimate enacted a few months ago caused a major subscriber decline , and that the return to exclusives is part of the strategy to rebuild the core console business .

As reported by Gamespot , Ball also addressed the thorny issue of

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Standard iPhone 18 Could Overthrow iPhone 17 In Popularity As New Rumor Mentions A Crucial Specifications Upgrade Coming Next Year

Apple has wrapped up its WWDC 2026 keynote, with one of the event’s highlights being the introduction of the company’s most advanced on-device AI model that’s only capable of running on devices with top-tier specifications. Looking at these features, a new rumor is now doing the rounds, hinting that the iPhone 18 will become even more popular than the iPhone 17 due to one major specifications difference separating the two devices.

The majority of iOS 27’s AI

Standard iPhone 18 could overthrow the iPhone 17 in popularity

Atlus Directs Total Focus To Persona 4 Revival, But Insider Claims Persona 6 Delay Fears Are Unfounded

The long-awaited official unveiling of Persona 6 at the Xbox Games Showcase has ignited a debate over Atlus and SEGA’s 2027 release strategy . With Persona 4 Revival locked in for a February 18, 2027 launch on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, concerns arose that the next mainline entry was being pushed past next year. However, known industry insider lolilolailo has stepped in to quell community panic , implying that a rare dual-launch year for the legendary


Xbox Marketing VP Swears Gears of War: E-Day Dropping PS5 Wasn’t a Last-Minute Decision Despite All Evidence to the Contrary

Xbox finds itself once again in an awkward PR situation, this time regarding the console exclusivity of The Coalition's Gears of War: E-Day .

As you'll recall, Jeff Grubb shared the news ahead of the Xbox Games Showcase , confirming that the decision to remove the PS5 version had been "just made" . The Verge's Tom Warren backed it up , but Xbox's VP of Games Marketing Aaron Greenberg tried disputing that info in a series of tweets:

Hey Tom, I can

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Apple Removes The Fog Around Its New Cloud-Based, And 20-Billion-Parameter On-Device AI Models, Brushes Aside Google’s Contributions While Hyping NVIDIA’s

Apple has established a sprawling and intricate compute architecture, one that ropes in Google and NVIDIA to paper over its embarrassing AI-related shortcomings. Even so, Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote answered as many questions as raised new ones. Thankfully, the Cupertino-based tech giant is now issuing clarifications at the speed of lightning, resolving lingering uncertainties on a war footing of sorts.

We already know that Apple Intelligence consists of a combo of on-device and cloud-based models. Even so, this


Apple Quietly Lays The Groundwork For Its Smart Glasses With visionOS 27, As Siri AI Gets A Pinnable Visualization That Reacts To Your Gaze

As part of its annual software update cadence, Apple has just announced visionOS 27 as it prepares to go beyond the Vision Pro headsets by launching a spate of AI-enabled and mix-reality smart glasses in the months ahead.

Apple is, of course, bringing the all-new Siri AI to visionOS in a prominent manner. As mentioned in our dedicated post on all things Siri-related , you can now pin a visualization of the revamped AI assistant anywhere in your field of view, and then interact with


Xbox Game Pass Lost “Millions of Subscribers” Due to 50% Price Hike, Admits Chief Strategy Officer

Shortly before he was on his way out, one of the final decisions made by Phil Spencer and his regime at Xbox was to give Xbox Game Pass a massive 50% price hike . Users rushed to cancel their subscriptions so quickly and in such high droves in response that it crashed the cancel page on Xbox's website, so it's no surprise to hear the new strategy chief Matthew Ball admit that the company lost " millions " of subscribers due to the increase.

This comes from Ball while speaking at

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