After raising prices on Xbox consoles and subscriptions, Microsoft is now turning its attention to Xbox developers. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell The Verge that the company is significantly increasing the price of its Xbox Development Kit (XDK) — the custom hardware used by developers to build Xbox games. The current Xbox dev kit is moving from $1,500 to …
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Federal health officials warn against Hello Fresh meal kits over listeria risk
Federal health officials late Monday warned people not to eat certain Hello Fresh subscription meal kits containing spinach that may be contaminated with listeria. The U.S. Agriculture Department issued a public health alert for the meals, which were produced by FreshRealm, the San Clemente, California-based company linked to an expanding listeria outbreak tied to heat-and-eat pasta meals. The products include …
Read More »CISA exposes malware kits deployed in Ivanti EPMM attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an analysis of the malware deployed in attacks exploiting vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM). The flaws are an authentication bypass in EPMM’s API component (CVE-2025-4427) and a code injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-4428) that allows execution of arbitrary code. The two vulnerabilities affect the following Ivanti EPMM development branches and …
Read More »Sega Accused Of Using Police To Recover Nintendo Dev Kits It Had “Negligently Disposed Of”
Image: Zion Grassl / Time Extension Earlier this year, we reported on a fundraising drive by the non-profit preservation group Video Game Preservation Museum to save a collection of undumped GBA, DS, DSi, and 3DS games that were at risk of falling into the hands of private collectors. This haul of games included prototypes of titles such as Sonic Chronicles: …
Read More »Nintendo may be withholding Switch 2 dev kits
Developers large and small are reportedly having a hard time getting their hands on development kits for the Nintendo Switch 2. That news comes from the newly-independent Digital Foundry, which discussed the topic on this week’s DF Directly Weekly livestream. During the stream, senior staff writer and video editor John Linneman explained that during the team’s visit to Gamescom, they …
Read More »Developers Reportedly Still Struggling To Get Switch 2 Dev Kits
Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube832k We’re almost three months on from the Nintendo Switch 2’s release, and while we have plenty of third-party games to come on the newer hybrid console, many developers say that they’re still having issues getting hold of dev kits. This comes from the folks at Digital Foundry in response to a …
Read More »Developers still reportedly struggling to get Nintendo Switch 2 dev kits
We’re a few months behind the launch of Nintendo Switch 2, but apparently getting development kits hasn’t gotten any easier. Digital Foundry shared its latest findings following Gamescom 2025 last week. The outlet’s John Linneman, after speaking with various developers, has heard that Nintendo is encouraging teams to simply ship their games on Switch 1 and “rely on backwards compatibility.” …
Read More »Nintendo Reportedly Being Stingy With Switch 2 Dev Kits
The Switch 2 launched just a few months ago and was immediately a smash hit, selling more than 3.5 million devices within four days of launch. Since then, Nintendo’s sold nearly twice that much, sitting at roughly around six million machines. Those are great numbers for Nintendo, which is why it’s strange that a recent report indicates that the console …
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