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On today's Daily Fix, the founder of Akane Studios, creators of Dishonored and Prey, and the now President at Weird West developer, WolfEye Studio called Xbox Game Pass unsustainable in a thread of posts on social media where a debate over the pros and cons of Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass for gamers and developers ensued. Other devs like, Joe Kainer, former VP of Biz Dev Epic Games and Michael Douse, publishing director at Baldur’s Gate 3 developer, Larian Studios also joined the conversation to back him up.

In today’s Fix, massive layoffs hit Xbox. Who’s affected? What games are being cancelled? And what does this mean for the future of Xbox?We’re going to talk about all the Xbox news, including what’s happening to games like Perfect Dark and Everwild, the original IP being developed by the Sea of Thieves devs at Rare. We also have updates around the Candy Crush devleoper, King, and layoff updates around the Forza Motorsports dev team, Turn 10 Studios. Even Call of Duty wasn’t spared, there’s updates from the multiple dev studios that support the varying entries of the military shooter.

On today's Daily Fix, Capcom and Legendary have reportedly cast David Dastmalchian as M. Bison in their upcoming live-action Street Fighter movie, set to release in 2026. Dastmalchian joins a cast that includes Jason Momoa as Blanka, Noah Centineo as Ken, Roman Reigns as Akuma, Andrew Koji as Ryu, Orville Peck as Vega, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, and 50 Cent as Balrog. Meanwhile, Nintendo has officially confirmed that the developers behind Super Mario Odyssey are working on Donkey Kong Bonanza, making it the next big 3D platformer for the Switch 2. And finally, Red Dead Online has received its first major update since 2021, featuring four new “Strange Tales” missions and a new zombie-infected mode, hinting at more content on the way.

On today's Daily Fix: One of the original founding members of xbox, Laura Fryer, says that Xbox Hardware is “Dead” and expressed disappointment with the direction Xbox has taken since she was a part of the company. Xbox recently announced a partnership with ROG for their latest handheld, the ROG XBOX Ally X, which has ROG taking care of the hardware and Xbox the software. To her this is an indication that the company is no longer interested in hardware and is the beginning of an exit for them. She now says that she thinks Xbox Hardware is “dead”. Xbox also announced a partnership with AMD which hints at something hardware related being in the works. Will Xbox’s 25th Year anniversary reveal what's next for XBOX? On a more positive note, the actor who voices Edward Kenway in Assassin's Creed Black flag has dropped hints at an Assassins' Creed Black Flag remake being in the works. After the many leaks over the years this is the closest we’ve had to a confirmation. Ubisoft has yet to confirm that the game is in development. Also, EA Sports announces the revival of their College Basketball games after 16 years in a recent tweet. The announcement comes after the NCAA lifted the restrictions over college players being able to earn income from their image and likeness while maintaining an amateur status.

In today's Daily Fix:In today's Donkey Kong Bananza-centric Nintendo Direct, the company has confirmed that Pauline is indeed in the game, and is playable via a two-player co-op mode. Interestingly, this is a younger version of Pauline than we've seen in 2017's Super Mario Odyssey (where she sang her now-famous "Jump Up, Superstar" as Mayor of New Donk City), or even her first appearance in the original Donkey Kong back in 1981. So does that make Bananza a prequel? Other details dropped in the Direct include returning Donkey Kong Country characters, DK's new powers, and more. In other news, Bungie's Marathon has been delayed again, this time to an unspecified date. Bungie is taking feedback from April's test to heart, while publisher Sony is eager to not make the same mistakes Concord did, which died a quick death within two weeks of its launch. And finally, Civil War director and 28 Years Later writer Alex Garland is on his seventh playthrough of FromSoftware's Elden Ring. Speaking with IGN, the filmmaker had some tips to share for the game, but unfortunately no updates on the A24-produced live-action movie he's making.

On today's Daily Fix:It's an all-DC movies day, as the Snyderverse subreddit responds to a fan campaign to review bomb the new Superman movie. Many DCEU fans are still feeling burnt by Warner Bros. hitting reset on their DC movies slate with James Gunn co-shepherding the new DC movie universe. A reddit user on the Snyderverse subreddit posted a 'call to arms' for Snyderverse fans to review bomb Gunn's Superman, and post spoilers of the movie all over the internet. James Gunn has brushed off the 'threat' and the Snyderverse subreddit mods subsequently removed the post and issued an apology. In related news, Superman is not James Gunn's only DC problem, as the filmmaker recognizes that Batman is not only WB's biggest DC property, but potentially the most problematic, with at least two versions of Batman in two separate movie universes hitting theaters around the same time. And finally, the standalone horror film, 'Clayface,' based on the DC Comics character, has found its star.

In today's Daily Fix:CD Projekt wowed the internet after a Witcher 4 demo running on a base PS5 was showcased at an Unreal Engine 5 event. The've has since confirmed it's taking a "console-first" approach to the game, and though it may upset PC gamers, dev team CD Projekt RED has good reason. Cyberpunk 2077 was developed with high-end PCs in mind, and then scaled down for last-gen consoles PS4 and Xbox One. Cyberpunk 2077's launch on those platforms was a trainwreck, to say the least, and somethng CDPR wants to avoid for The Witcher 4. In other news, Borderlands 4's standard edition will not make the price jump to $80, instead launching at $70—likely in response to the absolute beating Gearbox's Randy Pitchford took online after his comments on a possible price hike for the game. And finally, Nintendo's Switch 2 is a hit, but a few Pokémon fans aren't having a great time after transferring—and losing—decades of Pokémon saved game progress.

In today's Daily Fix:GameStop is pivoting to the collectible trading card market as the company looks to improve upon a succesful first financial quarter. Trading cards—Pokémon specifically—are a huge market for collectors, but scalpers often prevent most fans from purchasing cards at retail prices. Maybe GameStop can find a way to prevent scalpers from buying up huge stocks of inventory. In other news, Switch 2 launch title Mario Kart World is outselling Switch 1 launch title The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild by about 4x over a similar 4-day period in Japan. Mario Kart World has so far sold nearly 800,000 units in four days in Japan's retailers, not accounting for online sales. And finally, exciting details on MindsEye’s unique game creation tools.Presented by MindsEye.

Hey everyone! In today’s Daily Fix: Stellar Blade is now Sony’s biggest single-player launch on Steam, beating Ghost of Tsushima with over 105K players! Plus, Konami just announced a Silent Hill 1 remake from the Silent Hill 2 devs, Bloober Team. Presented by MindsEye

In today’s Daily Fix: Nintendo breaks records with the Switch 2, selling 3.5 million units in just four days! The new console comes with major upgrades like 4K support, DLSS, and power close to the Xbox Series S. So then, how powerful is Nintendo's Switch 2? Could Call of Duty and Cyberpunk 2077 actually run on it? Let’s jump in. Presented by MindsEye.