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Micron CEO says it'll be tougher to get memory in the next couple of years than it is today, and keeps saying it over and over again
Alright, I get it already.

After ‘I Swear’ Scores 7 BAFTA Scotland Nods, Tourette’s Campaigner John Davidson to Watch Ceremony From ‘Separate’ Area Within Venue Following N-Word Controversy
More than six months after the British Academy faced one of its biggest controversies in years after the N-word was shouted out during the BAFTA Film awards ceremony, BAFTA has had to revisit the moment as it contends with the upcoming BAFTA Scotland awards. The incident — which came to significantly overshadow the 2026 awards […]

I spent far too long assigning gaming mouse values based on their price-to-weight ratio, and the runner-up is the rodent on my desk right now
You know, I'm something of a rodent scientist myself.

As Xbox swings the axe, Gears of War: E-Day developers fear they'll be laid off straight after launch - and right before they'd be due their bonuses
Back in July, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced a total of 3,200 job cuts across Microsoft's gaming arm , with roughly half of those cuts being made alongside that announcement. The impact was vast. Various developers at Xbox studios, including Activision, Bethesda, Id Software, Blizzard, Mojang, and King suffered layoffs. Double Fine and Compulsion were thrust into independence, while Dishonored 2 's Arkane Lyon, State of Decay 3 's Undead Labs, and Hellblade 's Ninja Theory entered terms for new ownership. Read more

International Oscar Submissions: Cuba, Denmark, Vietnam, Italy, France and More Join the List
The campaigns for the Oscar for international feature film are gaining momentum, with final submissions due by Oct. 1. The Oscars shortlists will be revealed on Dec. 15, with 15 international films selected to be voted on by Academy members in all branches who commit to watch all 15 films. Oscar nominations will be revealed […]

The Division studio Massive expands to take control of Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon, and a new IP, in Ubisoft's most recent reorganisation
Ubisoft has expanded the remit of Swedish studio Massive Entertainment - responsible for The Division series, Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - to become a second major part of the company and include more of its studios and game brands. Ubisoft also revealed Massive's work on a brand new, original game called March of Giants. Read more