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"Personally very difficult, and very difficult for our teams." —Bethesda's Todd Howard discusses Microsoft's deep Xbox cuts, and finding optimism for the industry's future

Todd Howard spoke to us on Xbox's big cuts, and how Elder Scrolls and Fallout will survive the big game industry shifts.

Windows Central · Jul 18

Windows 11 bug hogging over 70GB of SSD storage, Microsoft confirms

Microsoft has acknowledged a bug in Windows 11 that is causing a system service to abnormally consume large amounts of storage, leaving many users with drastically depleted Solid-State Drive (SSD) capacity.

Bangkok Post · Jul 18

Does anyone know how to drive this thing?

It's increasingly looking like nobody remembers how videogames work—or cares to.

PC Gamer · Jul 17

I think the latest record-breaking Windows 11 update messed up my monitor

The morning after the update, its 400 Hz capabilities were no more.

PC Gamer · Jul 17

Todd Howard says layoffs at Bethesda were "really tough": "We're going through a change so that we focus best on the franchises"

Bethesda Game Studios was hit in the latest round of Microsoft layoffs

GamesRadar · Jul 17

Bethesda says The Elder Scrolls 6 is going great, actually: "We're where we planned to be, loving how it looks, and playing it every day"

"The Elder Scrolls 6 is our primary development focus today"

GamesRadar · Jul 17

Todd Howard interview: Fallout 5, Obsidian's Fallout, remakes, Elder Scrolls 6, Starfield, and more — Bethesda charts its future

As Xbox's cuts bite, Bethesda set out to reassure fans about the future of its biggest franchises. We spoke to the legendary Todd Howard to learn more.

Windows Central · Jul 17

Teenage TfL hackers sentenced to years in prison following Scattered Spider attacks

Two young men pleaded guilty to hacking into Transport for London in 2024 and were given long prison sentences.

TechRadar · Jul 17

"There have been reports that we've been nerfed into the ground and gutted, and we are not": id Software proclaims it's alive and well, making more DOOM games

id Software recently discussed the future of the company following Microsoft's mass wave of layoffs during a DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelation livestream, and it reassured fans it's not going anywhere anytime soon.

Windows Central · Jul 17

After 15 years, I've got Microsoft's shunned Fable 3 port to work on PC – and it feels like a new RPG

Microsoft might have delisted Fable 3 on PC, but if you have the physical disc, the RPG shines when freed from the original Xbox 360.

GamesRadar · Jul 17