Splinter Cell Remake Lead Studio Ubisoft Toronto Loses 40 Developers in the Latest Ubisoft Layoffs
David Carcasole / wccftech - The Ubisoft Toronto team is at the helm of what is arguably one of Ubisoft's most significant projects, the long-awaited Splinter Cell Remake, and they're also the most recent team to get hit by the mass layoffs that Ubisoft has been conducting as part of…
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Sony Kills Bluepoint Games: Why the Demon’s Souls Studio is Closing
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Sony has officially closed Bluepoint Games, the Austin-based studio renowned as the industry’s premier specialist for high-end remakes. The move marks a sudden end for the developer, which Sony only officially acquired in 2021 after years of successful pa…
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Nintendo announces surprise Switch 2 version of sci-fi RPG Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
Matt Tate / engadget - Last year’s Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition was significant for a few reasons. It was the final major first-party Switch game ahead of the Switch 2’s arrival in June, and the last doomed Wii U game to be granted a second life on Nintendo’s infi…
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Cyberpunk platformer Replaced has once again been delayed
Lawrence Bonk / engadget - The long-awaited cyberpunk platformer Replaced just got hit with a short delay. The pixel-art game was supposed to come out on March 12, but will now be released on April 14. That's just a month, which isn't that big of a deal considering this game has be…
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Audible Launches Immersion Reading for Deeper Kindle Integration
Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Amazon has long offered Audible and Kindle integration features that let you mix reading via audiobooks and eBooks.The post Audible Launches Immersion Reading for Deeper Kindle Integration appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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Google Gemini adds Lyria 3, an AI model that can create music with words and photos
digitaltrends - Lyria 3 can take your words, photos, and videos, and turn them into a custom 30-second track with lyrics in tow. It's free to use and available within the Gemini. tool picker. The post Google Gemini adds Lyria 3, an AI model that can create music with wor…
- Google launches Lyria 3 in Gemini, generates 30-second songs instantly (8)
- Hands-on: how Lyria 3 crafts tracks, limits, and watermarks (2)
- Record labels and stocks wobble as AI music arrives (2)
- Skeptics label it 'musical slop'; debate over creativity (2)
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Google launches Lyria 3 in Gemini, generates 30-second songs instantly
Hands-on: how Lyria 3 crafts tracks, limits, and watermarks
Record labels and stocks wobble as AI music arrives
Skeptics label it 'musical slop'; debate over creativity
All Other Stories
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Nintendo's Virtual Boy app is now available to download
Matt Tate / engadget - Nintendo’s Virtual Boy app is now available to download on Switch and Switch 2 as part of its Nintendo Classics offering. You’ll need to have a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership to access the launch titles, and unlike Nintendo’s other ret…
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WBD Board Rejects Latest Paramount Bid, Gives Company a Week to Submit ‘Best and Final’ Offer
Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Warner Bros. Discovery’s board of directors has rejected Paramount Skydance’s latest “sweetened” $108.4 billion acquisition offer, telling the David Ellison-led company it has one week to submit a “best and final” offer on its existing $30-per-share all-c…
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and The Witcher 3 are coming to Game Pass
Kris Holt / engadget - Xbox has revealed the second batch of Game Pass additions for February. There are quite a few heavyweights in the mix this time, including Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Let’s start with what’s available today, though. Xbox pre…
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Amazon Fire TV’s new interface is now rolling out in the U.S.
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Fire TV's new interface simplifies its layout and navigation and adds Alexa+.
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ByteDance to curb AI video app after Disney legal threat
bbc - Videos featuring Spider-Man and other characters which are Disney's intellectual property have gone viral since Seedance's update.
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Roku stock surges on earnings beat, record quarter for premium subscriptions
cnbc - Roku executives said in a shareholder letter that it marked "our biggest quarter ever" for net adds to premium subscriptions.
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Death Stranding 2 for PC finally has a release date, with new modes at launch
digitaltrends - Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is officially coming to PC this March, bringing Kojima’s surreal sequel to a wider audience along with new modes, features, and PC-specific upgrades.The post Death Stranding 2 for PC finally has a release date, with new mod…
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Spider-Noir trailer: Nicolas Cage channels film noir detectives, and its glorious
mashable - Nicolas Cage reprises his scene-stealing "Into the Spider-Verse" role in the live-action series "Spider-Noir," out May 27.
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State of Play live blog: don't miss the biggest PS5 announcements from Sony PlayStation
Adam Vjestica / theshortcut - We're covering all the news as it happens from Sony's State of Play presentation
- On-site State of Play coverage: schedules, liveblogs and full trailers. (8)
- PlayStation studios spotlight: God of War, Kena, Ghost of Yotei. (14)
- Remedy's Control Resonant: gameplay reveals, physics-bending NYC combat. (4)
- Third-party heavyweights: John Wick, Metal Gear, Marvel, Star Wars. (25)
- All Other Stories
On-site State of Play coverage: schedules, liveblogs and full trailers.
PlayStation studios spotlight: God of War, Kena, Ghost of Yotei.
Remedy's Control Resonant: gameplay reveals, physics-bending NYC combat.
Third-party heavyweights: John Wick, Metal Gear, Marvel, Star Wars.
All Other Stories
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Wildlight Lays Off Majority of Devs After Middling Highguard Launch
techpowerup - Highguard, the new free-to-play raid shooter from Wildlight Entertainment, launched in late January to high player counts that quickly dwindled after a lukewarm reception, despite bringing some unique concepts to the table. Since its launch, daily concurr…
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Apple acquires all rights to Severance, will produce future seasons in-house
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - The show is expected to run for four seasons, with the possibility of spin-offs, a prequel, and foreign versions.
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Pokémon Pokopia Could Be the Switch 2’s Biggest Sleeper Hit
Kyle Barr / gizmodo - Pokémon Pokopia helps players stop catching creatures and instead become Poke-ecologists.
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 19017 / 5 stories in 23 days
Riot Games is laying off half of the 2XKO development team
Anna Washenko / engadget - Another day, another wave of gaming layoffs. Today it's Riot Games with the announcement that it's cutting jobs on its pair-based fighting game 2XKO. For context, a representative from Riot confirmed to Game Developer that about 80 people are being cut, o…
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The first PlayStation State of Play of 2026 will air on February 12
Matt Tate,Kris Holt / engadget - The first PlayStation State of Play livestream of 2026 has been announced. The stream will take place on February 12 at 5PM ET. It will run for over an hour and feature PlayStation Studios titles as well as third-party projects and indie games that are bo…
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