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Double Fine and Compulsion Games return to independence as Xbox lets them go, with both studios retaining their game catalogs and receiving investment.
Kevin LaChapelle, the architect of Xbox backward compatibility, is among the layoffs at Microsoft's gaming division, which also cut roughly 25% of Obsidian staff.
A viral post says Sony's CEO dumped half his shares after the disc backlash. He did sell $4.7 million in stock, but the timing tells a far more boring story.
Microsoft is cutting about 3,200 Xbox jobs, roughly a fifth of the division, and parting with five studios, in what its CEO calls the biggest restructure in Xbox history.
Circana's Mat Piscatella says Nintendo is unlikely to follow Sony's move away from physical games, citing strong physical sales and retail support for Switch 2.
Empire Interactive has dropped plans to revive the 3DO console brand, citing fragmented IP rights and legal risks, less than a week after a public announcement, and will now focus on original game development.
Microsoft is reportedly testing a system that would convert physical Xbox game discs into digital entitlements, potentially bridging ownership and the all-digital future, though details remain unconfirmed.
Sony will stop producing game discs for all new PlayStation releases from January 2028. Existing discs are unaffected, but new games go digital-only at retail and on PS Store.
On Quake's 30th anniversary, Sandy Petersen, John Carmack and others reflect on the crunch that built the landmark 3D shooter and, in Petersen's words, broke them spiritually.
US physical game spending rose 3% to $1.6 billion in the year to May 2026, its first annual growth since 2009, driven almost entirely by the Switch 2.