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Microsoft has allegedly shuttered one of its major Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) teams, laying off a number of employees in the process. The former team leader sent an internal email to a number of Microsoft’s staff which revealed the firings, criticized Microsoft’s decision, and accused the tech company’s leadership of “harassment and toxicity.”

Business Insider first broke the email Come from Sports betting site VPbet . It states that the former leader’s “role and team were eliminated due to ‘changing business needs’ as of July 1st, 2024.” Microsoft is following the lead of other tech companies, like Meta and Google, which have also cut down DEI programs founded in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. In particular, Microsoft pledged to double the number of Black and African-American leaders inside the US by 2025, alongside other programs for “addressing racial injustice” such as workplace trainings and approving more Black-owned suppliers and financial institutions.

According to the email, DEI programs across all businesses are in danger of these kinds of cuts or shutti…

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We are currently enjoying a golden age of fighting games. The latest in long-running series like Street Fighter, Tekken, and Guilty Gear are fantastic. Both newer (Dragon Ball FighterZ) and older games (Street Fighter 3rd Strike, Guilty Gear +R) are getting updates that add rollback netcode, enabling fans to enjoy the best player-to-player connections possible. And many new games are also being ported to nearly every platform, so it’s easier than ever to play what you want, with who you want, when you want.

Some games have long been neglected and rendered unplayable on modern hardware, causing members of the fighting game community to call for developers to re-release or update them to be more accessible. Streamer Maximilian Dood’s #FreeMVC2 movement is perhaps the most notable of these and, thankfully, this particular situation is about to be rectified. Marvel Vs. Capcom 2: New Age Of Heroes is coming back, ensuring the granddaddy of tag fighters will find a place in the hearts of brand-new fighting game players, not just the old heads.

It’s not a big surprise, but a lot of children want video games for the holidays. The Entertainment Software Association, which represents the US video game industry’s interests in Washington D.C., has released the results of a study that says kids aged 10-17 overwhelmingly want video games for Christmas and the holiday season in general.

A survey found that 76% of kids plan to ask their parents or caregiver for video games, outpacing money (67%), clothes (66%), and general tech items like phones and smartwatches (62%).

Both girls (67%) and boys (87%) said they planned to ask for video games this holiday season. Breaking things down further, the top five game-related items that children want are consoles (47%), subscription services (43%), console games (41%), game gear (41%), and in-game currency (38%).

The survey also looked into the spending predictions for US adults and found that those who are planning to buy video game gifts said they planned to spend $312 on average for themselves or others.

The Financial Times reported this week about what is expected to be a challenging holiday shopping season for video game hardware. The publication cited Garet…

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Mario vs. Donkey Kong is on sale for its lowest price yet for a limited time. Normally $50, the fun puzzle-platformer is only $40 at Woot. Mario vs Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Donkey Kong released in February and has remained within a few dollars of its list price ever since, so if you’ve been waiting for a deal, this 20% discount is definitely worth checking out while it’s available. The next-best Mario vs. Donkey Kong deal is at Walmart for $46. This is just one of numerous notable Nintendo Switch game deals at Woot, and all of them expire before the weekend. Woot’s Switch game deals often sell out before the promotions officially end, so you may have even less time than what’s listed on Woot, an Amazon-owned discount store with free shipping for Prime members.

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Note: You may receive international versions of the games listed below, but they will be fully playable in English on your Nintendo Switch. All Switch games are region-free. Woot doesn’t specify which games in its inventory …

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Save for that blissful half-hour of Silksong that I played back in E3 2019, Constance is, so far, the best Hollow Knight-like game I’ve ever played. It’s not exactly the same–Constance takes a page out of Splatoon’s book and features a main character that can wield dangerous purple paint and submerge into puddles in order to slink past enemies or obstacles or ascend up walls–but I couldn’t help but be reminded of my time spend in Hallownest. My time with the game was unfortunately quite short–I played a 20-minute Gamescom demo–but I adored what I saw of its quirky world and enjoyed how much the various designs of the robotic enemies and assortment of paint-based abilities shook up each combat encounter. Just as Hollow Knight’s gameplay emulates the acrobatic dance and frenzied movements of insects, combat in Constance feels like the frenetic flourishes and flicks of a paintbrush as an artist enters the flow state.

Constance’s story seems quite interesting but I’m reserving judgment until I see more of it–20 minutes just isn’t enough time to get a grasp of the action-adventure game’s narrative. In the game, you play as the titular heroine and explore a non-li…

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Not long after Mass Effect veteran Casey Hudson’s new AAA studio closed its doors, another BioWare veteran’s new venture has announced it is pausing operations.

Mac Walters, who worked at BioWare for nearly 20 years, split off in 2023 to make his own studio, Worlds Untold. However, Walters delivered some difficult news this week when he confirmed a decision to “pause operations at Worlds End” as the studio seeks out a “new partner” for its next game.

The phrasing here suggests something might have happened with NetEase, the partner that Worlds Untold was previously working with. In fact, NetEase was announced as the financial backer of Worlds Untold. Walters had previously said NetEase was the right partner because the team shared its vision and passion, and that it had the creative freedom and funding levels necessary to deliver.

“This was not a decision we made lightly–it’s been a deeply personal journey, and we’re all so proud of everything this team has built together.In the meantime, our incredible team members will be exploring new opportunities,” Walters said Come from Sports bett…

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EA Sports College Football 25 is easily one of 2024’s most anticipated games, and at long last, EA has begun to lift the veil that was hanging over the game, presumed to hit stores in just a few months. The College Football 25 cover stars are here; yes, there are multiple. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

Co-starring in the official artwork for the game’s reboot (of a sort) are Michigan running back Donovan Edwards, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers, and Colorado wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter. The trio is likely meant to serve as a big, bright reminder that College Football 25 features real player names and likenesses for the first time in EA’s history with the sport (known previously as the NCAA Football series).

Alongside the cover reveal came a few other details surrounding the game. College Football 25 preorders are now available, with Standard and Deluxe editions available, though an even bigger bundle also exists for football diehards: the EA Sports MVP Bundle, which groups together the Deluxe editions of both College Football 25 and Madden NFL 25 (yes, that’s its name) f…

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The Black Friday shopping season has begun, and it’s not just Amazon that has video games on sale. Best Buy is running its own Black Friday sale, and one of its offers is $10 off Life is Strange: Double Exposure.

The game, which was only just released a few weeks ago, is marked down to just $40 right now across PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Double Exposure continues the story of Max Caulfield as she attends Caledon University Come from Sports betting site VPbet . It’s bad news right away, though, as she finds her friend, Safi, lying dead in the snow after being murdered.

Using her powers, Max creates a parallel timeline in which Safi is still alive, but unfortunately for her, the killer wants her dead in that timeline as well. The hook in Double Exposure is that Max can shift between timelines in an attempt to stop the murders in both timelines.

GameSpot’s Double Exposure review scored the game a 6/10. The game is the latest in the main series and was released in October 2024 from developer Deck Nine.

Best Buy’s own Black Friday sale has lots of great deals, including discounts on n…

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EA has announced that Dragon Age: The Veilguard and EA Sports FC 25 underperformed its expectations.

EA confirmed the underperformance of the RPG and sports game while sharing preliminary results for the third quarter of its 2025 fiscal year (which covers October through December of 2024). As a result, EA now expects a mid-single-digit decline in its net bookings for the fiscal year. On the Dragon Age: The Veilguard front, EA explained that the RPG “engaged approximately 1.5 million players during the quarter, down nearly 50% from the company’s expectations.”

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That means EA expected around 3 million people to engage with Dragon Age: The Veilguard by the end of 2024, though it’s …

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Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm has laid off its mobile team. While it’s unclear how many employees were affected, the number is reportedly more than 50.

Several now-former employees posted on LinkedIn about being laid off from NetherRealm. A quality assurance analyst said, “Unfortunately, NetherRealms mobile team was shut down. A ton of very talented people were put out of work. We had live services on multiple titles such as Mortal Kombat Mobile, Injustice 2, and Mortal Kombat Onslaught.”

An animator also said, “It hurts me to announce I’ve been laid off from NetherRealm Studios after about 10 years of working there.” GameSpot has reached out to WB Games for comment. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

Over the past few years, many video game studios have conducted mass layoffs, all the way from the biggest developers like Ubisoft to smaller ones like Tales of Kenzera: Zau developer Surgent Studios.

The mobile entries of the Mortal Kombat series include Mortal Kombat Mobile, which was released in 2015 and is a free-to-play fighting and card-battler hybrid of Mortal Komba…

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