Games
Age of Empires Studio World’s Edge Reportedly Loses About Half Its Staff in New Xbox Layoffs, Cancelling an Unannounced Project
News: World’s Edge, the Xbox studio that oversees Age of Empires, has reportedly lost roughly half its staff and cancelled an unannounced project days after Xbox’s latest restructuring round, with former creative director Adam Isgreen among those let go.
Technology & Hardware
Microsoft’s Glass Data Storage Breakthrough Explained: How Project Silica Voxels Could Preserve Data for 10,000 Years
News: Microsoft’s Project Silica can write data inside ordinary glass for 10,000 years. Here’s how voxels work, what changed in the Nature paper, and why game preservation could benefit.
Movies & Shows
Warner Bros. Delays New Gremlins Movie Nearly a Year, Shifts DC’s Dynamic Duo to Fall 2028
News: Warner Bros. has reshuffled its 2028 release calendar, pushing the new Gremlins movie from Chris Columbus and Steven Spielberg nearly a year to October and moving DC’s animated Dynamic Duo to September to dodge Paramount’s Call of Duty adaptation.
Reviews
Dune: Awakening Review: Funcom Perfects Arrakis With a Console Launch and a Full Solo Mode
Our Dune: Awakening review breaks down Funcom’s survival RPG across story, gameplay, world, bugs, and features, plus the engine, DLC, and our final score.
