In this episode of the Day 0 Update: We talk about the huge Xbox layoffs, Kotaku finally being freed from G/O Media’s clutches, and EA shutting down Anthem’s servers in early 2026. All this and more, up next!
- Intro
- What Are We Playing?
- C: Death Stranding 2, Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, Super Mario Strikers
- B: Deus Ex, Shotgun King, Peripeteia
- D: Ruffy and the Riverside, Astro Bot, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
- Game Pass additions for early July
- System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster will come to console July 10
- Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox Series X|S on August 26
- EA Sports teased that they’re returning to college basketball
- Nintendo confirmed that Donkey Kong Bananza was made by the Mario Odyssey team
- Nintendo gave Canadians a heads up for increasing prices of Switch models and more
- Subnautica-maker Unknown Worlds lost its leadership team in mysterious circumstances
- Leslie Benzies blamed MindsEye’s failure on internal/external saboteurs
- 11 Bit Studios apologized for its use of AI in a way that missed the point of complaints
- G/O Media has sold Kotaku to digital publishing company Keleops
- EA announced that they’re shutting down the servers for Anthem on January 12, 2026
- Microsoft’s Layoffs
- Microsoft laid off about 9000 total people across the company
- The Initiative has been closed with their Perfect Dark reboot cancelled
- Rare’s long-delayed Everwild has cancelled
- Zenimax Online Studios had a promising shooter MMO cancelled
- Romero Games laid off some of its people after Bethesda game was cancelled
- Phil Spencer says he’s not retiring anytime soon
- Xbox’s Matt Turnbull posted on LinkedIn that these people should use AI for help

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