Investigations

Ubisoft's layoff wave continues into 2026, cutting 55 roles at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm. As AI spreads across studios and financial pressure mounts, developers are left wondering who's next.

On December 18, 2025, Ubisoft Halifax became the company's first North American union. Twenty days later, Ubisoft announced the studio's closure. When asked to prove the decision wasn't retaliation, Ubisoft refused to provide a timeline.

On January 5, 2026, Samsung's co-CEO told Reuters 'no one can escape' the memory shortage. He didn't mention Samsung is making $14 billion this quarter while deliberately cutting consumer production 20%+. This isn't a crisis—it's engineered scarcity.

Reports suggest the RTX 5090 could hit $5,000 by end of 2026. Your first instinct is to blame supply chains. That's what Nvidia wants you to think. I spent three weeks tracking congressional trading disclosures, federal contracts, and memory manufacturer earnings. What I found: taxpayer money built the infrastructure, politicians traded on it, and Nvidia became the toll collector.

On November 25, 2025, Dell's Vice Chairman told investors the company was "unable to eliminate customer cost impacts." Two months earlier, Dell's board handed him a $132 million stock option grant. He makes $25 million a year. He didn't tell you your laptop was about to get worse. None of them did.

On December 27, 2025, hackers breached Rainbow Six Siege and gave players $13 million in premium currency. It was the perfect end to a year that saw Ubisoft lose 85% of its market value. This is the full story of the workplace scandals, failed launches, and strategic missteps that led to the collapse.

How £233 million, a Grand Theft Auto legend, and eight years of development produced the worst-reviewed game of 2025—and what internal documents and employee testimony reveal about what went wrong.

In 2025, Xbox sold 1.7 million consoles globally—less than the original Nintendo Switch, which launched in 2017. Microsoft laid off over 15,000 gaming employees, shut down beloved studios mid-development, and watched its flagship subscription service stagnate.