News - EA Cuts Staff At Battlefield 6 Dev After Game's Massive Initial Success

Battlefield 6 broke records for the franchise and was the top-selling game of 2025 in the US, but that apparently wasn't enough to insulate the dev team from layoffs. EA has laid off staff from across Battlefield Studios, but the exact number of affected employees is currently unknown.

According to IGN, EA characterized the layoffs as a "realignment," and all four of the studios under the Battlefield Studios banner--DICE, Ripple Effect Studios, Criterion Games, and Motive Studio--will remain open.

"We've made select changes within our Battlefield organization to better align our teams around what matters most to our community," said EA in a statement. "Battlefield remains one of our biggest priorities, and we're continuing to invest in the franchise, guided by player feedback and insights from Battlefield Labs."

(Free Game Key) Epic Games | Turnip Boy Robs a Bank & Idle Champions of the Forgotte

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Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms ingame item

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Both are free until March 12th

""Looks like there was a misunderstanding. It's a free ingame item you get for logging in on Idle Champions, called the "Raistlin's Renown Pack". Edited to avoid any confusion as we don't normally post these things" - Karl"


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News - Another Xbox Game Jumps To PS5 And Switch 2 Very Soon

South of Midnight will be the latest Xbox game to come to a rival system when it lands on PS5 and Switch 2 on March 31. The release date was confirmed today, following the previous announcement that South of Midnight was headed to PS5 and Switch 2 in Spring 2026.

Developed by the Microsoft-owned Compulsion Games, South of Midnight launched in April 2025 for PC and Xbox Series X|S. The game is set in the American Deep South and follows the character Hazel, who, along with her mother, is preparing for a huge hurricane.

Numerous other Xbox games have landed on rival platforms before this, and one of the next big ones is Halo: Campaign Evolved later this year. It will mark the mainline Halo franchise's debut on a platform other than Xbox or PC.

(Free Game Key) Steam | World Crafter TD

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News - Steam Game Briefly Replaced By A Completely Different, Unannounced Project

Someone at Teyon apparently made a very big mistake today, as Steam players who purchased RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business found their game completely erased and replaced by a different title that wasn't formally announced.

A user on X who goes by Silent was the first to notice that Unfinished Business was swapped out for Hunter: The Reckoning, a project that appears to be based on a spin-off from the World of Darkness tabletop RPGs.

As noted in a later post from Edness, the build in question is dated May 20, 2025, and it appears to be very early in its development and far from finished. The Hunter: The Reckoning files were subsequently pulled from Steam and replaced with the originally intended update for Unfinished Business. It's unknown if Hunter: The Reckoning progressed beyond this build or if it will ever come out. There were three Hunter: The Reckoning video games released between 2002-2003, but none since.

(Free Game Key) Steam | Just Move:Clean City Messy Battle

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free until March 4th


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News - Arc Raiders Was Recording Private Discord DMs

There's a reasonable expectation for privacy that comes with using direct messages, but no should ever count on that. That's what some players may be discovering now that they've learned that Embark Studios' Arc Raiders was recording and storing their Discord DMs.

According to Insider Gaming, the issue was uncovered by computer engineer Timothy Meadows. He discovered that when Arc Raiders was linked to players' Discord accounts, it stored their private messages locally on their PCs as well as the Discord tokens needed to access them. If Embark had been intentionally spying on its players, that could have been enough to go through all of their private messages.

Embark has already acknowledged the issue and shared a hotfix to take care of it. On the game's Discord channel, Embark stated that "excessive user information" had been saved, and the company assured players that their personal info and messages weren't reviewed or stored outside of their own machines. Embark also disclosed that it will conduct an audit to make sure there are no similar incidents now or in the future.

(Free Game Key) Steam | Paragnosia & BROTHER!!! Save him! - Hardcore Platformer

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News - Xbox Hardware Business Could Die If Project Helix Doesn't Work Out, Analyst S

According to one industry analyst, the Xbox hardware business at Microsoft could die off for good if the new console/PC system, Project Helix, doesn't work out.

Dr. Serkan Toto of the research group Kantan Games told GamesRadar, "This might be Microsoft's last attempt to make their hardware business work."

He went on to say no one in gaming realistically believes there will another Xbox "if this next machine fails."

(Free Game Key) Steam | Lost in Anomaly is FREE

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Free until 18:00 UTC February 16th

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