BioWare Lays Off 50 People to Become a 'More Focused and Efficient' Team
BioWare has reminded the public about itself with a new post. It's just a pity that instead of Dragon Age and Mass Effect, it was announced that about 50 people were laid off.
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Jacob Blazewicz
August 24, 2023
Rockstar Games Hires Famous Creators of RPG Mods for GTA 5 and RDR 2
Rockstar Games has announced the acquisition of Cfx.re, the team responsible for the FiveM and RedM role-play mods for GTA V and RDR 2.
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Kamil Kleszyk
August 11, 2023
Callisto Protocol Was Costly and Failed to Meet Expectations; Cue Layoffs
Striking Distance, studio responsible for survival horror The Callisto Protocol, has laid off 32 employees. The move is aimed at changing priorities to ensure the success of current and future projects.
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Kamil Kleszyk
August 3, 2023
Layoffs at CD Projekt RED; 100 People to Lose Their Job
CD Projekt RED will lay off about 9% of its staff. Adam Kicinski published an open message.
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Adam Adamczyk
July 26, 2023
Xbox Legend Parts Ways With Microsoft After 20 Years
One of the leading figures and father of much of Xbox's success, Larry „Major Nelson” Hryb, has decided to part ways with the American corporation after 20 years of service.
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Kamil Kleszyk
July 16, 2023
Nintendo Still has a Women Problem Despite Earlier Promises
Despite Nintendo's loud declaration, the Japanese corporation's managerial positions are still dominated by men.
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Marcin Przała
July 9, 2023
Massive Layoffs at Pokemon GO Devs; Two Projects Canceled
Niantic will focus on the development of Pokemon GO, but will also make efforts to ensure that other new games (besides the canceled Marvel World of Heroes and NBA All-World) also conquer the mobile market.
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Jacob Blazewicz
July 2, 2023
Beautiful Ambitious Indie Game Rated at 93/100 on Steam is Not Enough; Season Devs on the Ropes
The CEO of Scavangers Studio has announced a wave of layoffs triggered by the poor financial performance of Season: A Letter to the Future. Praise from reviewers and support from Sony did not sufficiently encourage players to purchase the game.
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Sonia Selerska
June 27, 2023
'He Got Death Threats From Fans' - Heroes 3 Dev on Story Behind Co-worker's Departure
David Mullich, director of Heroes of Might and Magic 3, told us about how the game's lead designer, Greg Fulton left the development team. 'I think that he received some death threats from some of the fans [...],' he said.
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Hubert Sledziewski
June 18, 2023
Blizzard Fired WoW Screenwriter for Capitalist Jokes?
Eric Covington, a screenwriter who worked on World of Warcraft, claims he was fired from Blizzard after he wrote a dialogue mocking „corporate greed” for characters in the game.
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Kamil Kleszyk
June 2, 2023
Civilization and Marvel's Midnight Suns Devs Affected by Layoffs
The developers of Marvel's Midnight Suns have decided to reduce the team. A total of 30 people have lost their jobs.
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Maciej Gaffke
June 1, 2023
CD Projekt Red Lays Off About 30 Employees
CD Projekt Red is parting ways with more than just The Molases Flood staff. About 30 more people who worked on Gwent will leave the ranks of the Polish developer in 2023.
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Jacob Blazewicz
June 1, 2023
Players Spot Hand With Six Fingers; Studio Denies Firing Artists for AI
Rayark - the Taiwanese studio behind, among other things, the mobile game series Cytus - faces accusations that it is laying off its graphic designers and replacing them with artificial intelligence. The developers decided to explain themselves in an official statement. Whom to believe?
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Kamil Kleszyk
June 1, 2023
CoH 3 Devs Lose Nearly Half Their Staff
Relic Entertainment is apparently having a tough time. The studio responsible for, among other things, Company of Heroes 3 and Age of Empires IV has seen more than 100 people laid off.
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Zuzanna Domeradzka
May 24, 2023
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Studio Making The Witcher Spin-off Lays Off Staff After Project Restructuring [UPDATE]
The Molasses Flood, studio working on the Witcher spin-off Project Sirius, has laid off several employees. It is possible that this has to do with giving the project a „new framework,” as CD Projekt RED recently announced.
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Michal Ciezadlik
May 15, 2023
Horizon Forbidden West Devs Confirm Series' Future
On the occasion of a change of leadership at Guerrilla Games, the developers responsible for the Horizon series have confirmed that a new installment of the series is on the way. Work is also underway on an „online adventure.”.
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Michal Ciezadlik
April 25, 2023
Blizzard is Losing So Many Employees That It Needs a Crisis Plan
One WoW developer is not thrilled with the approach of his superiors. It is said that so many people are expected to leave the studio that the team has to develop a „crisis map” of games to be released.
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Jacob Blazewicz
April 20, 2023
EA Lays Off Staff But in 'Reasonable' Numbers
Electronic Arts has announced a restructuring plan that will see about 6% of the company's workforce lose their jobs. The head of the company believes that EA is „acting from a position of strength.”.
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Kamil Kleszyk
March 30, 2023
Layoffs at Take-Two; Rockstar's Owner Prepares for New Successes
Take-Two has confirmed reports of layoffs in several divisions of the company. One of them is most likely the Private Division, the team responsible for the publication of Kerbal Space Program 2.
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Kamil Kleszyk
March 8, 2023
Activision Accused of Unjustly Firing Workers; Company Defends Itself
Activision has its faults, as evidenced by another lawsuit filed by the CWA. The association noted some irregularities allegedly committed by Activision when firing two of its employees.
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Jakub Tarchala
March 2, 2023