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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard layoffs are upsetting the FTC

8 Feb at 01:36

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Photo: David McNew/AFP/Getty Images Nicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games. Microsoft reneged on promises it made in court during its…

Workers’ top concerns in the video game industry: layoffs and AI ethics, according to new survey

19 Jan at 20:35

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Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images Nicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games. Each year, the Game Developers Conference publishes its State…

System Shock Three is likely to be in hassle, as a number of devs reportedly “not employed”

10.02.2020

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There’s unhealthy information forward for Shodan followers – System Shock 3 is likely to be in hassle after quite a few members of the event crew have parted methods with OtherSide Entertainment. Rumours recommend that the complete improvement crew might…

H1Z1 builders Daybreak layoff but extra workers

12.10.2019

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H1Z1 and PlanetSide 2 builders Daybreak Game Company went by means of one other spherical of layoffs yesterday, although the variety of workers affected is unknown. This is the third wave for the reason that starting of 2018. Daybreak confirmed…

Star Control: Origins faraway from sale as authorized battle continues

02.01.2019

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Stardock’s Star Control: Origins has been pulled from sale on Steam and GOG following a copyright declare from the lead builders of the primary two games within the spacefaring RPG collection. Stardock did file a preliminary injunction to preemptively block…

EverQuest & H1Z1 firm Daybreak undergo extra layoffs

08.12.2018

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Daybreak Game Company, the H1Z1 and PlanetSide 2 mob previously often called Sony Online Entertainment, have laid off an unconfirmed variety of employees. It’s the second wave of layoffs at Daybreak this yr, and an actual powerful time to be…

Telltale Games affirm enormous layoffs and “majority studio closure”

22.09.2018

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Following yesterday’s initial reports that Telltale Games had been successfully shutting down, the studio behind licensed story ’em ups together with The Walking Dead and Batman: The Enemy Within have confirmed the unhealthy information. All however 25 Telltale workers have…

Failbetter lay off a number of workers and delay Sunless Skies

07.02.2018

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Following a troublesome 12 months, Sunless Sea and Fallen London devs Failbetter have battened down the hatches and scaled again a few of their plans, together with shedding a number of members of workers and delaying Sunless Skies. Part of…

Torchlight studio Runic shut down, Gigantic devs additionally virtually closed

03.11.2017

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The homeowners of Torchlight builders Runic Games, the Chinese free-to-play-focused writer Perfect World Entertainment, confirmed at the moment that it has shut down Runic’s Seattle studio. Seeing as that’s Runic’s solely studio, er, that’s them mainly gone – although their…

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