Xbox plans major layoffs under new CEO | Fortnite players pay real money for sprite creatures | EA launches in-game ad service
Xbox plans major layoffs under new CEO | Fortnite players pay real money for sprite creatures | EA launches in-game ad service
Gies W24 | June 19, 2026
Xbox Plans Significant Layoffs as It Transforms Under New CEO Asha Sharma
Fortnite Fans Obsessed With New Pokémon-Like Sprite Creature Collecting Are Buying Rare Species for Real Money on eBay
EA is Launching an In-Game Ad Service
Numbers
- Black Myth Wukong has sold 30 million copies, reveals Chinese Youth report.
News
- Weeks After Launching Luna Abyss, Its Entire Development Team At** Kwalee Labs** has been laid off.
- Dutch gamers file €220 million claim against** Valve**, operator of game platform Steam.
- Hackers Are Hijacking Entire** Roblox** games now.
Industry Trends
- UK brings in full social media ban for under-16s.
- Inside** Xbox**'s margin crush: A string of misses at Xbox Game Studios, misguided Game Pass decisions, and the memory rout at its core.
- Microsoft CEO Says ‘There’s More Monetization of Xbox Games Happening on YouTube Than at Microsoft’.
- Final Fantasy Resonance lead says games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 are leading a turn-based resurgence because “creators who grew up playing JRPGs” are now making them themselves.
- Before you place all the blame on** Sony**, former Destiny 2 CM says Bungie was ‘very close to shutting its doors’ before the buyout.
- 20 hours is the perfect length for a video game.
Rumors
- Don’t Nod is in trouble, and Tencent is reportedly uninterested in backing the studio anymore.
- Report: Unannounced** The Witcher** multiplayer game slated for PC & Mobile; gameplay details revealed.
- Fallout New Vegas remaster might have been leaked by new toy line.