Leaving the battlefield for a few moments, I decided to go back into the province of Skyrim and meet up with my wood elf, Volpe. It's been awhile since I actually sat down and explored in the game - I spent most of the time doing side jobs for Delvin at the Thieves Guild; it's a shame some of the miscellaneous assassinations aren't available during the main quest in the Dark Brotherhood like the Thieves Guild. I would find that to be most entertaining. Anyhow, I decided to fast travel only halfway from Riften to Whiterun during my mission to pickpocket a flawless diamond from a poor sap wandering the town. I figured that'd offer me some good excuse to explore more of the land. I didn't stumble upon anything interesting, but I did find a giant's territory. After observing for a few moments, I think the giant spotted me, since he kept looking in my direction. But seeing as how I was further away, I wasn't assessed as an imminent threat. I observed for a few more moments and decided to take my leave after my disappointment at the lack of mammoths.
I eventually found my way to Whiterun after three or so in-game hours, and upon entering, I realized the two Alik'r soliders who were after the Redguard woman at the Bannered Mare were still by the entrance inside the town. Possibly a glitch? They're friendly fellows though, and after learning the hard way that even with a sneak skill of 100, killing them from a hidden, long-distance position will still garner me a 1000 septim bounty in Whiterun, I decided to just leave them be.
I headed back to Riften after pickpocketing the diamond to Delvin's satisfaction, and earned myself 500 gold coins. I miss the surreal and wowza feelings I would get when I was still new to Skyrim. Part of me wishes it would come back to keep the game stellar, but I suppose that's a given after two months.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
