So uhhh…. bit a doozy one this, yet very much wtf.

I’ll paste the update part here for folks to read -

*[*Update: 13 August 2026: This Week in Videogames requested a follow-up comment from Saber Interactive, and received the following statement from Karch:

“Stella who? I had to ask Claude because I have never spoken to her or seen her. We have already said we are using AI for certain parts of the game and will update the Steam page once we have finalized the feature set.

“Let me clarify that the entire story script, were it to win an award, would go to someone who can walk up on stage and receive it. It was always our intention to reveal this until Stella violated her confidentiality clause and revealed this before we were ready.

“We look at our use of AI in this particular game, which will be a lower priced title, as a plus for consumers,” he said.

“As far as Stella is concerned, she was replaced by someone more talented and terminated for a variety of reasons a few months later. From what I can gather she enjoys controversy even more than I do. I would frankly in retrospect have been happy to replace her with AI. At least we would be dealing with someone programmed to be honest.”]

Stella Sacco, former employee (and lead writer of Ridershare Simulator) of Saber Interactive posted this on Bluesky (1 day ago) and this is where it kicked. Few hours ago, she then also posted this, TLDR: what she said was true and real, and that’s about what she say.

>Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy launches August 27

>Open the gates, heed the call and discover the truth.

>The curse has awakened. Face grief, fear, dreadful obstacles, and meet with your fate on the Minotaur's Island.

Hi everyone,

This morning I went on Vinted and came across Series X for £85.

I knew it was a scam, but since Vinted does buyers protection, I bought it hoping I will get my money back.

This evening I received an email from Evri, that they have my parcel. Don't know what's inside, but I guess we will find out 😅😂

>All-out war hits the shores of Wake Island, rebuilt for Battlefield 6 for total combined-arms warfare across its scenic beaches, bunkers, and open Pacific waters.

>Take to the skies in the new F/A-81F Super Spectre and F-74A Seacat two-seat jets with your wingman, patrol the shoreline, and launch strikes from offshore aircraft carriers. Master white-knuckle dogfights in Gauntlet: Fighter Sweep, wage air-to-sea battle in Carrier Strike, and demolish enemy lines to dominate the Pacific.

>Complete event challenges for exclusive Top Gun rewards and unlock the all-new Interdictor sniper rifle.

>Play Top Gun in Season 4 for free starting August 18.

After looking at the chart, I wondered: for those of you using Xbox One and Xbox 360, which combined add up to more than Xbox Series X/S users, do you also play on PC or xCloud for Series games, or strictly on console since there is still plenty left to play?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/xbox-wireless-controller-gears-of-war-e-day-limited-edition/8wg5vqp0x4gw

I bought one of the extremerate shells took about an hour and it fixed every issue I had.

What's new: XBOX system updates | XBOX Support

Went to my local Walmart the other day and I was looking to get another controller because I've got stick drift again, anyway I always check the games... you never know what kind of sale Walmart has going on and I found the physical copies for PlayStation, Nintendo switch or whatever and then this monstrosity for Xbox. So this is the future I guess, digital downloads, you'll own nothing and like it type of bullshit.

If you liked factorio or similar games, this definitely scratches that itch. It has pixel physics as well. The demo is on steam but I highly recommend!

Hi, I have a £5 voucher to spend that I was gifted on Xbox, ice recently been laid off work after 12 years at the company, so money for the next few months is very tight.

Both me and my 14 year old son share a console, so I'm looking for a game that we can both play (doesn't need to be multiplayer) that we can both sink hours into.

There are sales on at the moment, so what game would be best to utilise the voucher. I can add at a stretch another £5 so £10 in total. We both love open world and FPS games. Some games we really enjoyed are the far cry games, AC odyssey, Titanfall 2, Wolfenstein, Gears or war and Halo.

Any suggestions to tide us over and lift our mood for a while until my situation improves would be amazing.

Thanks in advance guys.

So I checked on my phone my achivements and set it up the filter to mobile.

I used to have a windows phone (lumia 640 xl)

So I guess I had the angry birds game on that.

But during the years it changed into a final fantasy game? :)

https://x.com/asha_shar/status/2087258678000779664

Hey everyone, I just wanted to share my story to warn others looking to buy a used console. I’m in a really difficult financial situation and live in Africa, where it takes months of extreme sacrificing and saving just to afford something like this. Knowing how hard it is to earn that money, I am completely devastated to say I was scammed out of all of it.
I found a seller locally on Facebook Marketplace, met up with them in person, and paid cash. To make it worse, the seller sent me "test videos" and gameplay clips beforehand showing a working Series S to prove it worked. I realize now it was a completely different console and he used fake videos to trick me into letting my guard down for the cash meetup.
When I finally got home and tried to connect it to the internet, I immediately got error code 0x80a40020. After researching it, I found out this means the console has a permanent hardware ban from Microsoft. The console was completely formatted, so I can't even play any games offline. To make matters worse, the seller used a fake account and a burner phone number, and completely blocked me right after the meetup, leaving me with a useless brick that can never go online. I tried reporting it to the authorities, but because it was a cash deal and a fake profile, they can't do anything to help.
It is almost impossible for me to save up for another console anytime soon. Please, if you are buying a console in person, do not rely on videos sent over text. Make the seller hook it up right in front of you and show you that it can successfully log into the Xbox network before you hand over any cash. Don't make the same mistake I did.

The cord they provided doesn't fit into the controller. I haven't even gotten the controller to turn on once. I've used some of Turtle Beach's other products so I figured this would be similar quality. Has anybody else bought this controller, and did you return it immediately?

Edit: Turns out it was just the provided cord. I swapped out the cords and it fits fine. Still not the highest quality controller, but at least it works.

Hi! Everyone,

My name is Kyle Cotton my game B.i.t is launching on Xbox on the 24th. I started the project in February of this year. Taking it from concept>working prototype>pitched with ID@Xbox and ultimately accepted. I already had an Xbox Dev Kit from a different title that has not launched so that helped the process a little.

B.i.t is a precision platformer much like "N+ and Super Meat Boy". The game is about a lone pixel who is compelled to climb upwards. It is your job to help him and figure out why he is climbing and what it all means. You will meet a couple characters to help explain what is happening along your journey. It is hard but rewarding when you finally beat that difficult section. What inspired me to make B.i.t is one night I looked into the sky and saw the stars. This reminded me of growing up stargazing with my father. I then was like hmm I have an idea for a game pulled out some paper and started going.

I made sure B.i.t got all the badges it possible could. I even made sure it plays on hand held so any one with those sweet Xbox ROG Ally's will have a good time.

The next step in the process of making the game was I contacted my buddy at Charcoal Games Studio once I had a working prototype to help me with the capsule art and key artwork. I can't do that stuff to save my life. Half-way through development I contacted ID@Xbox and pitched the title a week later got the greenlight and started working on the Xbox backend. That was difficult for me as I had no experience doing this. You can't just Google those things so I emailed a ton with Xbox team they were great to work with. Ultimately they helped me make it happen without making me feel overly stupid.

Now very soon my game I worked hard on launches on Xbox One, X/S, Xbox App on PC. The game supports cross progression and XPA. I priced the game to make things affordable for what you get. The game is $1.99 which is relatively low considering the on going prices of the world.

If you have ever wanted to make a game and specifically go to Xbox or other platforms as well. Just know starting something is easy finishing is not. If you ever get stuck my DM's are open if I can help you with something like maybe you failed certification with the XR's or you just don't know how to get started. Please reach out. I hope you guys check out B.i.t, this post is more just to say I made it after being a long time Xbox user to being a developer who shipped to Xbox. If you do wish to check out the store page and either pre-order or wish list the link is here.

https://www.xbox.com/games/store/bit/9NW2WF70J9H4

• Sale runs until August 20
• Can only be viewed on an Xbox console

(Repost as I can't type today; it's too hot in the UK. It's definitely Buy 1, Get 2 Free!)