This Week in Tech: Game Preservation, AI Breakthroughs, Next-Gen Devices, and the Industry’s Growing Pains / Updated: 2025, July 6th, 12:01 CET
The EU petition Stop Killing Games surpassed one million signatures after Ubisoft removed The Crew and EA announced Anthem’s sunset in January 2026. Microsoft’s Xbox division conducted mass layoffs and dissolved Turn 10 Studios, with staff redirected to support Forza Horizon after CFO Amy Hood’s aggressive targets post-Activision Blizzard King acquisition. <li Arkane Studios founder Raphael Colantonio called Xbox Game Pass unsustainable and harmful to the industry, echoed by Larian Studios’ Michael Douse warning of fewer risk-taking games. A new AI system, MAI-DxO, demonstrated diagnostic accuracy four times higher than human doctors and showed potential cost savings through AI-assisted medicine.
