Shuffling the deck chairs: Xbox continues its "reset" with dramatic restructuring
Activision gets Halo, Obsidian becomes part of Bethesda, and more internal shake-ups.
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Variable Refresh Rate "VRR" Target Limiter Proposed For Linux Graphics Drivers
A new proposal being discussed is introducing a Linux user-space API to be able to specify frame rate targets for Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) handling on...
Read more[$] Compiling the kernel with gccrs
Pierre-Emmanuel Patry and Arthur Cohen gave a talk at RustConf 2026 on the status of the Rust frontend for GCC (gccrs), with a particular eye toward the...
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"Good luck today, Halo friends": After years of rivalry, Call of Duty's creators have taken charge of Xbox's defining FPS series amid yet more layoffs
For decades, Halo developers have resisted the influence of the vastly better-selling Call of Duty shooters. Now, the makers of Call of Duty own Halo. As...
Read moreMeet the Ecosystem: Partners and Customers at WeAreDevelopers with Docker
Meet the partners and customers bringing practical AI, security, and development sessions to the Docker Pavilion at WeAreDevelopers. The post explains why a strong ecosystem matters...
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Xbox lays off 268 more employees, merges Obsidian into Bethesda, and puts Activision in charge of Halo
Xbox says it's now "roughly three-quarters of the way" to completing its planned 3,200 job cuts.
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Tragedy: Crusader Kings 3's pope DLC will not let you use blood boys to prolong your life, and yes I did ask the devs
If it was good enough for Pope Innocent VIII…
Read moreNVIDIA Announces DSX Ready Qualification Program for Data Center Power and Cooling Hardware
NVIDIA this week has launched DSX Ready, a new qualification program for data center cooling and power hardware, for use with constructing AI data centers based...
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Get this spiffy, stealthy MSI Gaming Trio RTX 5090 for just $4,299
Walmart has MSI's GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio for just $4299 as part of its GeForce Week event, a rare deal on the most powerful graphics...
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Digital Upgrade Brings Medium Format Camera Into the 21st Century
Large format cameras can produce amazing shots, but are a bit too bulky to be practical. Medium format is a different story, as [Wenting] demonstrates with...
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Today's changes might get Xbox a new Halo sooner, but history shows production line development makes for boring games
When I was younger, I loved Chewits. Each parcel of chewy sugar threatened to tear out a tooth, but their punch of strawberry, blackcurrent, and orange...
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Xbox lay off 268 people as Activision take over Halo and Rare, while Obsidian become part of Bethesda, plus Forza and Fable studios merge
Well, there you go. Xbox have enacted a second round of layoffs and internal upheaval this year, following July's initial shooting of 1600 staff into the...
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