Amazon Games' Head Mike Frazzini Leaves Company
Mike Frazzini, the head of Amazon Games, has left the studio. In a letter to employees he reassured that it will not affect the team's work.
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Adrian Werner
March 27, 2022
WoW's Community Manager Leaves Blizzard After 9 Years
Former community manager of World of Warcraft has left the ranks of Blizzard. Opinions about him among the players are divided.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
March 22, 2022
BioWare Hires Lessons From the Screenplay Host to Work on Mass Effect 5
A Youtuber known for analyzing plots of video games and movies has joined BioWare, where he will be working on Mass Effect 5.
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Adrian Werner
March 14, 2022
Perfect Dark Lost Another Key Developer
Director has left the team working on the Perfect Dark reboot. Earlier studio The Initiative lost the game's chief designer.
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Adrian Werner
March 13, 2022
Dragon Age 4 in 'Mid-development'; BioWare Lost Another Producer
BioWare has confirmed the current status of Dragon Age IV. Work on the game is progressing, although the project has lost an executive producer.
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Jacob Blazewicz
February 24, 2022
Kotick May Leave as Activision Blizzard's CEO; Schreier on Employee Reactions
There have been reports that Bobby Kotick may leave his position as CEO of Activision Blizzard. This is expected to happen after the completion of the company's acquisition by Microsoft.
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Agnes Adamus
January 19, 2022
Activision Blizzard Laid Off Nearly 40 Employees in Wake of Scandals
Activision Blizzard has laid off nearly 40 employees involved in mobbing and sexual harassment scandals, reports Wall Street Journal.
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Adrian Werner
January 18, 2022
Gameplay Designer of The Witcher 2 Leaves CD Projekt RED
Mateusz Kanik has left the ranks of CD Projekt RED. The designer worked on The Witcher 2 and Cyberpunk 2077.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
January 11, 2022
Skull & Bones Loses Co-director
Skull & Bones loses another important developer, who parted ways with Ubisoft. This time without any controversies, but it's of little comfort.
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Jacob Blazewicz
January 5, 2022
The Co-founder of the Studio Responsible for Forza Horizon Resigns
The studio responsible for the Forza Horizon series loses its leader. Its boss and co-founder Gavin Raeburn left Playground Games.
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Agnes Adamus
January 5, 2022
Ubisoft Faces Staff Exodus; Game Development Slows Down
Ubisoft is facing an exodus of developers. This applies to both high-profile names and lower-level employees.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
December 21, 2021
Age of Empires 4 Director Leaves Relic Entertainment
Relic Entertainment has lost Quinn Duffy, the director of Age of Empires 4.
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Adrian Werner
December 20, 2021
Call of Duty: Warzone Devs Protest Against Sudden Layoffs
Activision Blizzard's decision to fire many Raven Software testers didn't sit well with other studio employees.
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Jacob Blazewicz
December 6, 2021
Layoffs at Call of Duty Devs; The Game Awards 2021 Without Activision Blizzard
Activision Blizzard is laying off numerous experienced testers from Raven Software testers. „Ingenious” way to give raises to the remaining employees did not win the company the approval of developers, and perhaps even Geoff Keighley.
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Jacob Blazewicz
December 4, 2021
Battlefield 2042 Loses Head of Design After the Launch
Lead designer for Battlefield 2042 will soon part ways with EA DICE. Allegedly, this is not related to the post-release problems of his latest title.
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Jacob Blazewicz
November 25, 2021
Dragon Age Just Lost an Experienced Creative Director
Senior creative director of the Dragon Age series has left BioWare. The board assures that the development of the next installment is not threatened. We don't know yet who will replace Matt Goldman.
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Miriam Moszczynska
November 24, 2021
Assassin's Creed Lead Writer Returns to Ubisoft
Seven and a half months - that's exactly how long Darby McDevitt's „divorce” with Ubisoft lasted. The narrative director of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla and screenwriter of Black Flag and Revelations will return to work on the series and is „excited to continue the journey”.
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Hubert Sledziewski
November 12, 2021
Blizzard Exec Resigns After 3 Months
Blizzard has had a successful quarter, but news of good financial results gives way to news of the departure of Jen Oneal, who, along with Mike Ybarra, led the company for the last three months.
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Jacob Blazewicz
November 3, 2021
Blizzard Fires 20 Employees Involved in Sexual Violence and Mobbing
The wake of Blizzard being sued, more than 20 people have been fired at this point. The company has sent a special letter to employees and has already announced the next steps.
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Michael Zegar
October 20, 2021
Yakuza: Like a Dragon 2 - Sega Confirms Yakuza 8
With the reorganization at Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, Sega has revealed that Yakuza: Like a Dragon 2 is in development.
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Adrian Werner
October 8, 2021