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Engine problems and layoffs send Master Chief back into cryo A Bloombergreportfrom yesterday has revealed new details on the state of the Halo franchise and the turmoil at developer 343 Industries. This news comes after 95 employees lost their jobs, followingmass layoffsacross Microsoft. The layoffs affected long-time 343 devs, as well as contractors who only had a few days' notice.Halo Infinitehas been trying to find its footing after arockyfirst year, but this report doesn’t inspire much hope from fans, at least for the series’ short-term future....

Going eyes-on The answer, at least from HTC’s perspective, is flexibility. The Vive XR Elite is an all-in-one headset with no need of base stations, and can be worn wirelessly for less demanding VR games or connected to a PC for more advanced fare likeHalf-Life: Alyx. Fine, but a few other AIO headsets can do that already, including the much, much cheaperOculus/Meta Quest 2. What sets HTC’s latest apart is both the ease of connecting to a PC wirelessly, over Wi-Fi and without any sideloading shenanigans, while making the battery pack detachable to transform into an downright portable pair of VR/AR specs that can be fuelled from a power bank and hooked up to a smartphone....

Resurgence returns, too Infinity Ward’s detailed announcement image highlights a number of locations that players can expect to fight over. Shipwreck, Port Ashika, Tsuki Castle, Beach Club, Town Center, Oganikku Farms, and Residential are all marked as points of interest. The Call Of Duty account has also shared images of most of the locations, teasing some of the micro-experiences we can expect to have. Each image is paired with a (mainly functional) haiku: “Not a vacation / Don’t let cabanas decieve / Grab sand, take cover....

Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games Last time, you decided thata pre-boss battle supply cache is better than resources too good to use. Honestly, I’m proud of you. Look at you, freely using all the full range of tools at your disposal, not living in fear of the future, living a life glorious and full of fireworks than stocking up to do it all over again....

Stuck on the Wordle word for Feb 1? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?It’s somehow February and as time marches on, so doesWordle. The incredibly popular puzzle game brings a fresh six-letter word to guess each and every day, and you have just five tries to narrow down the answer. It’s a quick brainteaser to get your brain chugging in the morning, but quick doesn’t mean it’s always easy....

Power up your Stand abilities with the goodies these codes bring Looking for the latest World Of Stand codes to power up your abilities?Its title might be non-indicative to those not in the know, but rest assured that World Of Stands belongs to a venerableRobloxtradition of patterning user-created experiences after popular anime. In this case, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure gets the Roblox treatment, in the form of an open-world adventure game with plenty of opportunities for PvP battling to prove your prowess....

A dark descent to the past Last month, Frictional Games announced that their hit horror series would return withAmnesia: The Bunker, taking their signature scares back to the first World War. We now know that the game is releasing on May 16th for PC and consoles. The Bunker follows Henri Clement, a French soldier who’s been separated from his battalion and trapped inside the twisting, titular war bunker. At least he’s not completely alone… a mysterious, deadly monster is trapped in there with him and I’m sure it’ll all work out fine....

“This strike has helped build the next strikes to come.” Last Friday afternoon, 40 developers from Ubisoft Paris gathered to strike in the first labour stoppage of Ubisoft’s history. It’s the capper on what has been a turbulent month for the company. Three weeks ago Ubisoft announced they were cancellingthree unannounced gamesamid “worsening macroeconomic conditions.” In a letter to employees, CEO Yves Guillemot said that “the ball is in your court” in regard to hitting deadlines and overturning Ubisoft’s sticky financial situation....

The real FF7 Remake Dream life simPowerWash Simulatoris heading on another unexpected mission, this time toFinal Fantasy 7’s industrial city of Midgar. You’ll need to wait a little longer to help Cloud and friends clean up the city, as we don’t have a release date for the free Midgar Special Request DLC yet. The crossover pack’s announcement (via the Square Enix Extreme Edges Twitter account) did tease a few of the things we can expect to clean up, including the Seventh Heaven bar, and FF7’s first boss the Guard Scorpion....

To hell, with honour As part of their 30th Anniversary celebrations, NIS America announced thatDisgaea 7: Vows Of The Virtueless, the next instalment in the long-running JRPG series, is coming to PC this year. Disgaea 7 was actually released in Japan just a few days ago, but it’ll see an overseas release on Steam this autumn. NIS also announced rereleases forRhapsody 2: Ballad Of The Little PrincessandRhapsody 3: Memories Of Marl Kingdomcoming this summer....

Honestly, I’d like a sequel, though Whomst among us hasn’t dreamt of somehow being transported to a magical world, where there are talking unicorns, and you can throw lightning and control plants because you are this universe’s very special hero? Such is the fate of Frey, who falls through a portal into Athia and finds that world in mortal peril. Although if I were here I’d be a bit disappointed. It’s all very well being able to zoom around doing magic parkour everywhere, but there isn’t much to do or many places to go....

Let’s hear it for the boy I’ve come to regard the four main games in the Life Is Strange franchise as kind of like the siblings in a big family. There’sthe eldest, who will always be heaped with praise because no matter what the others achieve, she did it all first.Her twinis always keen to remind you that even though she’s the younger and perhaps not quite as accomplished half of the duo, she’s more charismatic and less coy about who she is and what she wants....

New features, columns, podcasts and so much more Naturally, we’ll be doing our best to bring you the latest on all those excellent new gaming nuggets over the course of the year, but as hinted at inmy note about comment email notificationslast week, I wanted to spend a bit of time talking about all the other new things I want to do on RPS this year. Things like new regular features, new community projects and, at long last, the inaugural RPS Game Club....