Massive Entertainment, the studio behind the likes of The Division 2 and last year’s Star Wars Outlaws, is being hit by layoffs, but the way in which the news was shared… Continue reading
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Devs working on Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble join 1900 other Activision Blizzard staff in unionising
Workers in Blizzard’s Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble teams have voted to unionise with the Communications Workers of America. Over 100 software engineers, designers, artists, quality assurance testers, and… Continue reading
Laid-off Zenimax Media employees have come together to found a new employee-owned organisation, Sackbird Studios. The studio comprises developers who worked on The Elder Scrolls Online and Project… Continue reading
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Former Zenimax Online Studios staff launch employee-owned Sackbird Studios in wake of Microsoft layoffs
Veteran game developers from Zenimax Online Studios have announced the formation of a new employee-owned game development company: Sackbird Studios. The small team is composed of several developers… Continue reading
Payday developer Starbreeze has canceled Project Baxter, its in-development live-service Dungeons & Dragons game, and a number of employees are being laid off across the studio as well. According to a press… Continue reading
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Studio of former Disco Elysium staff rename forthcoming detective RPG and shift from familiar isometric perspective as rivalry continues
Dark Math Games, a new studio of former Disco Elysium developers, have announced a change to their forthcoming debut project, which will now be a third-person RPG. The… Continue reading
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Assassin’s Creed Mirage’s Upcoming Saudi-Funded DLC Flagged By Staff For Ethical Concerns
Assassin’s Creed Mirage is set to receive a free expansion funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), in which protagonist Basim Ibn Ishaq goes to AlUla, an… Continue reading
Former Everwild producer Louise O’Connor has been recruited by Xbox to serve as its new chief of staff, following the cancellation of that game earlier this year. Back in early… Continue reading
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Tomb Raider developers Crystal Dynamics lay off more staff, say the series’ future is “unaffected”
Tomb Raider developers Crystal Dynamics have laid off an unspecified number of staff, their second round of jobs cuts this year. The studio say that the future of… Continue reading
A group of current and former Microsoft employees have staged a sit-in protest in the office of company president Brad Smith over the use of Azure and generative… Continue reading
