Tag: gaming industry

Splash Damage says layoffs are likely as the Transformers game it announced in 2022 is cancelled

Splash Damage says layoffs…

Splash Damage has announced that it has cancelled development of the online action game Transformers: Reactivate, and that layoffs…
Deadly LA fires lead to office closures for major game studios: ‘Nothing can be said to truly acknowledge the pain and suffering that we are witnessing,’ says Riot CEO

Deadly LA fires lead…

Los Angeles-based game developers are reacting to multiple severe wildfires that overwhelmed LA County firefighters on Tuesday and spread…
Ubisoft shares plummet to lowest price in over 14 years amid its recently announced ‘restructuring’ centered on cancellations, layoffs, and generative AI

Ubisoft shares plummet to…

Wednesday, Ubisoft announced a “major reset” of its organizational hierarchy and game development plans that CEO Yves Guillemot said…
I’ve seen enough: No more forcing singleplayer studios to make mediocre live service games

I’ve seen enough: No…

We began this year with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and ended it with Dragon Age: The Veilguard.…
PC Gamer magazine’s new issue is on sale now: Sid Meier’s Civilization 7

PC Gamer magazine’s new…

This month PC Gamer delivers world-exclusive access to Sid Meier’s Civilization 7, the ambitious new game in the legendary…
Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks is officially reborn for the New Year, with a slightly new name

Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango…

Less than a year after being shuttered by Microsoft, Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks is officially back from the…
After 2024, it feels like the games industry is poised for a vibe shift—or maybe a reckoning

After 2024, it feels…

2024 has been a year of incredible videogames. It’s also been bloody: just like 2023 before it, there have…
Xbox lays off 268 more employees, merges Obsidian into Bethesda, and puts Activision in charge of Halo

Xbox lays off 268…

What happened Xbox executive vice president and chief content officer Matt Booty has announced another round of layoffs and…
I’m still reeling from the knowledge that the Windows 10 desktop background is a real photo and not CGI

I’m still reeling from…

At this point in my internet life, I’ve been conditioned to just assume that everything I see is fundamentally…
‘There would be no Alan Wake 2 without Epic Publishing,’ Remedy says in defense of Epic’s deals with developers: ‘The publishing deal with Epic was very fair to Remedy’

‘There would be no…

If I was to put this in pro wrestling terms, I would say the Triple Threat match has become…