Stephen Totilo

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β€˜Most’ of Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor was furloughed ahead of launch - Game File | Stephen Totilo

Technology September 2, 2026

Last week was meant to be a moment of triumph for Bit Reactor, the Maryland-based game studio founded in 2021 with ambitions to create a great new tactical combat game. On Thursday, August 27, Bit RοΏ½...

Nintendo says it has no legal duty to pass its U.S. tariff refunds on to consumers - Game File | Stephen Totilo

Technology July 22, 2026

Nintendo is asking a court to dismiss a proposed class action suit that was filed this past spring by gamers who say the Mario maker is breaking the law if it doesnt pass on its U.S. tariff refunds tοΏ½...

ZeniMax Online Studios leadership to exit as part of Xbox cuts - Game File | Stephen Totilo

Technology July 17, 2026

There are major changes happening atop Maryland-based ZeniMax Online Studios, developer of the Elder Scrolls Online, Game File has learned. Joe Burba, a 14-year veteran of the studio who was appointοΏ½...

47 revelatory hours with Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced - Game File | Stephen Totilo

Technology July 15, 2026

To review this months supposed remake of 2013s Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag, I must first correct the record. Assassins Creed Black Flag Resynced isnt a game about pirates (and assassins) in the 1οΏ½...

Xbox cuts impacted 158 ZeniMax workers in Texas and 52 Obsidian employees in California - Game File | Stephen Totilo

Business July 9, 2026

Deep cuts in Microsofts gaming division have eliminated 158 positions in Texas across the ZeniMax group of gaming teams, according to a WARN layoff notice provided by state officials to Game File. TοΏ½...

It's Xbox's turn (again), as console prices keep going up - Game File | Stephen Totilo

Technology June 27, 2026

Microsoft announced a price hike for the Xbox Series consoles today, the third in little over a year. Effective August 1, the Xbox Series S, which launched in 2020 for $300, will cost $500 in the U.οΏ½...

BioShock, game prices, GTA, the disappearing NFL deal and more: An interview with Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnick - Game File | Stephen Totilo

Technology May 8, 2026

In 20 years of covering the video game beat, Id probably not spoken more than 20 words with Take Two chairman Strauss Zelnick, whos been running the company behind NBA 2K, Grand Theft Auto, BioShock οΏ½...

Who killed Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II’s 'Restored Content DLC' for Switch? Disney lawyers. - Game File | Stephen Totilo

Technology December 9, 2025

On a Friday afternoon in the summer of 2022, Michael Blair, an executive at Texas-based video game company Aspyr, sent an email to two people he typically referred to as Zbyl and Hassat Hunter, or HHοΏ½...