Xbox VP of engineering Jared Palmer is leaving to join applied AI lab Cognition. You might be wondering “Who is that?” Good question. Palmer joined Xbox to help advise Asha Sharma directly on improving the platform’s developer tools and infrastructure. He was named as part of her leadership team during…

Lego’s previously announced X-Files set finally has a release date, a price, and a fun trailer showing it off. The set includes eight minifigures, including Mulder and Scully (of course), but, more surprisingly, it also includes a Flukeman minifig. I never expected I’d get a chance to own an official…

Paramount Skydance’s plan to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery has hit yet another snag, as a judge has issued a two-week pause on its planned acquisition. After a coalition of 12 state attorneys–led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta–argued that the merger would violate federal antitrust law and potentially lead to higher…

The Marvel Cinematic Universe sickos are eating well this week. Not only did they get the first official trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, but Marvel is riding that wave into Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s premiere with one more trailer for the webslinger’s next film. It’s a look at Peter Parker’s future…

Obviously, I’m not here to suggest that we can’t be mad at PlayStation because, of course, we’re allowed to be. The brand’s decision to pursue an all-digital future and eventually end physical game disc production is exceedingly difficult to stomach, and I’m not going to pretend like it’s something that…

Not every RPG has you galloping across the lands without a care in the world, with many dialing up the difficulty significantly right from the get-go. By limiting your resources, your access to progress, and forcing you to live off the land, suddenly, every step taken forward becomes a lot…