Created New XCOM, Leaves Firaxis After 14 Years
Garth DeAngelis, co-creator of the new installments of the XCOM series and Marvel's Midnight Suns, is leaving the ranks of Firaxis Games after fourteen years of service.
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Hubert Sledziewski
January 12, 2023
NFS Unbound Team Hit as Group of Veteran Devs Leaves Criterion
After the release of NFS Unbound, Criterion Games lost five key employees. The oldest of them had worked at EA for more than 30 years.
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Adrian Werner
December 18, 2022
Chris Metzen, One of Warcraft's Fathers, Returns to Blizzard
One of the fathers of Warcraft, Chris Metzen, has returned to Blizzard after a six-year absence as a creative advisor to help with WoW.
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Zuzanna Domeradzka
December 16, 2022
Disco Elysium Producer Fired From ZA/UM; Scandal Continues
The scandal at Estonian studio ZA/UM continues. Martin Luiga has announced that another person has involuntarily left the ranks of the team responsible for Disco Elysium. This time it was the game's producer, Kaura Kender.
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Hubert Sledziewski
November 9, 2022
Layoffs at Microsoft, Including Xbox Division
About 1,000 Microsoft employees have been laid off from their jobs. The cuts have affected the Xbox division, among others.
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Adam Adamczyk
October 19, 2022
Splinter Cell Remake Loses Director; He Worked on Blacklist, AC Unity and Far Cry 6
Splinter Cell Remake has lost its director. David Grivel left Ubisoft after eleven years of working on such game series as Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Splinter Cell.
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Hubert Sledziewski
October 17, 2022
Battlefield Loses Lars Gustavsson Leaves After 22 Years
Lars „Mr. Battlefield” Gustavsson is done with Battlefield. The series' creative director is parting ways with DICE after more than 20 years.
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Jacob Blazewicz
September 9, 2022
Cyberpunk 2077 Producer Leaves CD Projekt RED
CD Projekt RED is losing another veteran. After 15 years, Jedrzej Mroz - one of the main producers of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 2 - is leaving the studio.
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Krzysiek Kalwasinski
September 6, 2022
Naughty Dog Loses Veteran Animator
Josh Scherr, one of the key figures on Naughty Dog, has decided to part ways with the company he was associated with for more than two decades. Among others, to him we owe the success of the Uncharted series or the phenomenal The Last of Us: Part II.
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Kamil Kleszyk
July 16, 2022
Deus Ex and Guardians of the Galaxy Screenwriter Moves to BioWare
Responsible for the script of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and the latest installments of Deus Ex, Mary DeMarle has left the Eidos Montreal team to join BioWare.
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Adrian Werner
July 3, 2022
Unity in Trouble; Kotaku Reports Big Layoffs
Unity has experienced a wave of layoffs. Most likely, it is due to ill-considered strategic decisions.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
June 30, 2022
Bobby Kotick Reelected; Internet Boils
This year's Activision Blizzard investor meeting ended with the re-election of the board of directors (including Bobby Kotick), a noncommittal vote on bonuses and a report on the company's fight against bullying.
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Jacob Blazewicz
June 23, 2022
Layoffs, Canceled Projects and Lack of Purpose; Problems at Mafia Devs
Hangar 13 has more problems. The makers of Mafia 3 are facing a wave of layoffs and a painful restructuring.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
May 27, 2022
Mafia 4 Could be a Prequel Powered by UE5; Hangar 13 Loses Execs
Kotaku sources report that Hangar 13 is working on a new installment of Mafia, which is to be powered by the Unreal Engine 5 technology and be a prequel to the original trilogy.
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Michael Zegar
May 5, 2022
Crysis 4 Reveals First Cards; Hitman 3 Director Joins Team Lineup
Crytek has announced the name of Crysis 4's director. It's Mattias Engström, who directed 2021's Hitman 3, among others.
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Michal Ciezadlik
May 4, 2022
Protesting Activision Blizzard Employees Excluded From Raises
About 1,100 temporary workers have been given raises and the opportunity to work full-time at Activision. However, this does not include those who had previously joined the protests.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
April 8, 2022
Days Gone Director Joins Creators of New Tomb Raider
Jeff Ross, one of the directors of Days Gone, boasted on Twitter that he joined Crystal Dynamics. It is worth recalling that yesterday the team announced that they are working on the next installment of the Tomb Raider series.
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Milosz Szubert
April 6, 2022
Sony Lays Off PlayStation Employees as Part of 'Global Transformation'
About 90 PlayStation employees have said goodbye to their jobs as part of Sony's „global transformation,” presumably meaning an emphasis on direct product sales, bypassing the retail market.
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Jacob Blazewicz
April 1, 2022
Co-creator of Gwent Minigame Leaves CD Projekt RED
Rafal Jaki has announced that he will leave CD Projekt RED at the end of June. He is, among others, the co-creator of the anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, which will appear on Netflix, and the scriptwriter of The Witcher: Ronin comic book. He also played a significant role in the development of Gwent in The Witcher 3.
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Milosz Szubert
March 31, 2022
Important Figure Leaves Valve After 22 Years
A little legend has left the ranks of Valve. We are talking about Doug Lombardi, who for twenty-two years served as VP of marketing at the company.
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Hubert Sledziewski
March 30, 2022