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Bungie began laying off staff. Current and former employees are speaking out and criticizing the studio leadership. The cuts arrived following the end of Destiny 2 support. Staff members are sharing farewell messages across social media, with some openly condemning the company management. Former activity designer Blaise Markley shared his departure. Senior artist Lyndon Willoughby...
Tensions are rising at Quantic Dream. Employees have launched a strike to protest working conditions and management practices. Staff claim the action aims to highlight issues threatening the completion of Star Wars Eclipse. The labor representatives report growing organizational challenges, a lack of communication from leadership, heavy workloads, staff turnover, and questionable management decisions. Workers...
A 90% discount during the Steam Summer Sale drove The Binding of Isaac to a new concurrent player record of over 109,000 people. Few indie games maintain such popularity years after launch. The Binding of Isaac remains an outlier, currently experiencing a significant surge in interest. Edmund McMillen’s game surpassed 100,000 concurrent players for the...
Fans built a detailed interactive map of the game world using trailers and official screenshots from Rockstar Games. Grand Theft Auto VI enthusiasts continue to analyze every release from the studio. They compiled these materials into a growing interactive map of the upcoming game. The project serves as a fan-led reconstruction of the GTA VI...
Not all RPG side quests are created equal. For every captivating detour that rewards you with a legendary blade or offers a glimpse into a character’s hidden past, there are countless mundane chores asking you to slay slimes or gather herbs on a desolate peak. However, a well-crafted side quest can transform an epic journey...
Sony Interactive Entertainment president Hideaki Nishino confirmed that the company remains committed to live-service games. Despite the commercial failure of Concord, Sony plans to continue developing these titles through both internal studios and external partners. Nishino discussed this strategy in an interview with Famitsu. He explained that Sony intends to keep investing in the live-service...
My guided tour of Stars Reach, the upcoming MMO, didn’t start with a high-octane battle or a ship-to-ship dogfight. Raph Koster—the visionary architect behind Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies—had something more profound in mind. He bypassed the combat systems entirely, opting instead to guide me toward the planet’s surface. He wanted me to witness...
Fifteen Ubisoft studios worked on the Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced remake. This matches the headcount Ubisoft dedicated to the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Ubisoft allocated extensive resources to this project. The Singapore office leads development, supported by teams in Barcelona, Belgrade, Bordeaux, Bucharest, Chengdu, Da Nang, India, Kyiv, Montpellier, Montreal, the Philippines, Shanghai, Sofia,...
Analysts suggest the $80 price tag for GTA VI could set a new standard for major AAA franchises. Neil Barbour, an analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence, expects the GTA VI price to trigger increases across other series, including Call of Duty, NBA 2K, and EA sports titles. Rising development costs drive publishers to gradually...
Valve engineers stated that future versions of Steam Machines will follow shorter update cycles than the Steam Deck and its potential successors. Engineers Pierre-Loup Griffais and Yazan Aldehayyat discussed the update cadence for future Steam Machine models during an interview. Griffais explained that a Steam Machine does not require the same long lifecycle as a...
