Big Walk devs House House announce support for BDS Microsoft boycott, say the co-op puzzler isn't coming to Xbox

"Coordinated collective action can confront even the most powerful interests"

Players in Big Walk guide a player, blinded by a giant head ornament, through a maze.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Panic

House House, creators of breezy co-op puzzle adventure Big Walk, have become the latest high-profile game developers to express support for the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement's ongoing Microsoft boycott. The developers, who also made avian mischief sim Untitled Goose Game, wrote in a post that they've been observing the boycott – called in 2025 in protest of Microsoft's business ties with the Israeli military – for a while, citing it as the reason why Big Walk went without an Xbox console release alongside its PC, PS5, and Switch 2 versions.

How much more can nuclear power plants give?

In this age of rising electricity demand, people are trying to squeeze every last bit of power out of every power plant possible.

Over the past few weeks, there’s been big news about nuclear power plants trying to do just that. Constellation, the largest nuclear operator in the US, announced plans to add nearly a gigawatt of new capacity across 11 existing nuclear reactors at six plants. And on October 5, the Department of Energy awarded a $4.2 billion loan to Vistra for previously announced upgrades at three plants.

Pakistan school roof collapse kills at least 34 children and teacher

At least 34 schoolchildren and a female teacher have died after the roof of a school collapsed during morning classes in the northern Pakistani city ⁠of Peshawar.

As panicked parents ​and relatives thronged the site of the privately run al-Khair school to search for their loved ones, rescue workers spent hours pulling children from the rubble.

Saudi tennis ‘slam’ with Alcaraz, Djokovic postponed amid Houthi attacks

The Six Kings Slam exhibition tournament has been pushed from October to December by Saudi organisers.

An exhibition tennis tournament featuring the world’s top men’s players has been postponed for two months by the organisers in Saudi Arabia as the country reels from a spate of attacks by Yemen’s Houthis.

At least two security officials killed near Iran’s critical Chabahar port

Iran says ‘terrorist groups’ supported from outside the country are targeting security forces.

At least two Iranian security personnel have been killed in separate incidents along the country’s eastern border with Pakistan, adding to a string of attacks near the critical Chabahar port over the past few weeks.