Epic Games chief executive officer Tim Sweeney has announced that the company will lay off " over 1,000 Epic employees " in a note that was sent to staff at Epic this morning and later The mass layoff is directly due to " the downturn in Fortnite " according to Sweeney's note, as he says, " I'm sorry we're here again ." He was also quick to claim that the cuts " aren't related to AI ."
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Pokémon Champions is a new Pokémon game dedicated to fighting and battling Pokémon that was showcased at the July 2025 Pokémon Presents and was once again shown off at the February 2026 Pokémon Presents just weeks ago.
At last month's Pokémon Presents, we learned that Pokémon Champions would arrive on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 in April, but no specific date was given. This morning, however, Nintendo debuted a new overview
Apple's planned introduction of advertisements within the Apple Maps might be enough to win an outlook upgrade or two on Wall Street, but on the main street, the Cupertino giant's unbridled mercantile bent risks alienating the very consumers who power its sprawling ecosystem of products and services.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman disclosed recently that Apple is preparing to introduce to the Apple Maps app as soon as the summer of 2026, with an announcement likely to materialize within the ongoing month.
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After French publisher Nacon filed for insolvency last month , and after reports of its Cyanide, Spiders, and Kylotonn studios being placed under receivership just yesterday, we've now learned that those same three studios, and Nacon Tech , a motion capture company within Nacon, have also filed for insolvency .
The news comes from , as the four aforementioned studios filed for insolvency with the Lille Métropole Commercial Court and have requested judicial reorganization proceedings to commence. So far, the publisher's only comment on the matter has
The Switch 2 is having a bit of a cozy moment right now, with Nintendo delivering a major update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons and the unexpectedly excellent Pokémon Pokopia in recent months and now they're dipping back into their cozy bag of tricks with Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. While the last Tomodachi Life was a surprising success, moving nearly 7 million units on the 3DS, not many expected a follow-up to the Mii-focused life sim as it felt like the series' moment
In Crimson Desert , cooking meals is key to survival, as eating food is among the most convenient ways to restore HP of Kliff, Damiane and Oongka on the fly. However, this healing system comes with a bit of friction: if you didn't stop at a bonfire to cook a meal before heading into a dangerous area or ahead of a difficult boss fight, you may be out of healing items before you know it.
However, with its sandbox mechanics, Crimson Desert allows you to solve several issues creatively
Today, South Korean developer Pearl Abyss announced that Crimson Desert has surpassed 3 million units sold across all platforms in less than a week. This follows the game's previous milestone of two million units sold in the first day , largely due to pre-orders .
The strong pre-release hype wave isn't being significantly diminished by the less-than-stellar reviews (which, however, caused the stock to lose 30% on Thursday , 10% on Friday, and another 2.51
A combination of 2nm GAA orders from various companies, including Samsung’s own LSI division, has enabled the Korean giant to improve the yields of its cutting-edge lithography to 60 percent, making it a small but notable bump over the previous 50 percent figure that was reported in January. However, the latest details have likely kept a different record of Samsung’s 2nm GAA progress because it mentions that the yields have increased by more than three times.
Following the January 2026 Xbox Developer Direct , Xbox is set to host another Partner Preview in late March 2026 , the first under new Xbox head Asha Sharma , to bring new information on upcoming games from third-party partners, new reveals, and Xbox Game Pass announcements which will further cement this year as a banner year for the brand.
Here's everything you need to know about the event.
The next Xbox Partner Preview event will begin on Thursday, March 26
The controversy surrounding the reveal of NVIDIA DLSS 5 is showing no signs of cooling down. A good portion of the gaming community and plenty of developers have been vocally critical of what has been shown last week, and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang understands where the criticism is coming from, as he told that he doesn't love "AI Slop," which sounds ironic coming from one of the key individuals spearheading the AI revolution.
"I think their perspective makes sense and I can see where they're coming from,