Halo Studios dead after one remake as Activision takes over
Xbox hands Halo to Call of Duty publisher after 268 layoffs, ending a 20-year era and signaling a brutal new reality for Western studios.

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Xbox hands Halo to Call of Duty publisher after 268 layoffs, ending a 20-year era and signaling a brutal new reality for Western studios.
The AI chipmaker's ascent underscores investor conviction in data-center computing and raises the stakes in its rivalry with Nvidia.
In his first show since Macklemore's removal as opener, Ed Sheeran told fans he was 'so, so sorry' - a live lesson in owning a crisis before the narrative owns you.
BMG, Warner, and Believe are partnering with the $5.4B AI music firm, but opt-in clauses and contract leverage leave many artists exposed.
The former deputy leader now sits inside the data giant just as Labour mayors try to kill its £330m NHS deal and block its £50m Met Police contract.
The massive funding round shows how much capital it takes to build the physical backbone of AI, and who is now competing with hyperscalers.
A forecast that stretches the AI boom to six more quarters, raising the stakes for buyers, rivals, and regulators.
At Dreamforce, the CEO warns that AI companies must self-regulate or face product-liability lawsuits, drawing a line from social media's mistakes to today's frontier models.
Mustafa Suleyman's draft code of conduct puts 'people matter more than AI' at the center - and stakes out a position against the race to superintelligence.
The WGGB speech puts AI-generated scripts inside UK writers' rooms and raises the stakes for studios, showrunners, and talent reps.
The VC giant is deliberately staying diversified while rivals pile into OpenAI and Anthropic - and Parekh says he's fine with it.
A single strike forced Riyadh to halt a critical energy flow while Baghdad removed a commander and launched an investigation. The stakes for oil supply and regional security you need to know.