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Former CEO of Sony, Kaz Hirai, Retires

The former CEO of Sony, who has been the chairman of the supervisory board since last year, Kazuo (Kaz) Hirai, retired on June 18. Hirai has worked for 35 years in the company and has a lot of successes to his credit.

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Paul Wozniak

June 20, 2019

Former CEO of Sony, Kaz Hirai, Retires

Lumberyard Engine Responsible For Trouble in Amazon Games Studio

Things are bad in Amazon Game Studios. Several dozen employees were laid off and unannounced projects were cancelled. One of the main reasons for these problems is the Lumberyard engine.

video games

Adrian Werner

June 18, 2019

Lumberyard Engine Responsible For Trouble in Amazon Games Studio

Blizzard Will Lose Even More Employees?

More high-profile employees can leave the ranks of Blizzard Entertainment. According to Dexerto there will be several resignations from the Blizzard E-sports team in the next two weeks. Reason - low morale due to the decisions made by the management.

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Jacob Blazewicz

June 2, 2019

Blizzard Will Lose Even More Employees?

CD Projekt RED Hires the Creator of The Witcher Prologue Remastered

In a recent podcast organized by the editorial staff of GameStar, one of the CD Projekt RED developers admitted that it is not rare for the company to hire talented modders.

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Bart Swiatek

April 5, 2019

CD Projekt RED Hires the Creator of The Witcher Prologue Remastered

Intel Lays Off Common Employees, Hires a Pro From Nvidia

One of the biggest producers of hardware components – Intel – plans to lay off several hundred people from two of its offices. What's more, Tom Petersen, one of Nvidia's top workers is going to join the company.

Tech

April 1, 2019

Intel Lays Off Common Employees, Hires a Pro From Nvidia

Kaz Hirai Retires in June

Former CEO of Sony, currently the company's chairman – Kazuo (Kaz) Hirai – will retire on June 18. Hirai has spent 35 years in the company and is responsible for many of its successes.

video games

Bart Swiatek

March 28, 2019

Kaz Hirai Retires in June

Electronic Arts Lays Off 350 Employees

Electronic Arts announced that 350 workers will be laid off - the redundancies will mainly affect the publishing and marketing departments.

video games

March 27, 2019

Electronic Arts Lays Off 350 Employees

Google Announces "Future of Gaming", Jade Raymond Becomes Deputy CEO

Google is serious about entering the video game market – the company announced that it will present "the future of gaming" during the upcoming Game Developers Conference 2019.

video games

March 13, 2019

Google Announces "Future of Gaming", Jade Raymond Becomes Deputy CEO

Blizzard Lays Off 209 Employees

According to EDD, 25% of the 800 people recently laid off by Activision Blizzard were Blizzard Entertainment employees.

video games

March 9, 2019

Blizzard Lays Off 209 Employees

Artifact - Valve Lays Off Two Lead Designers

Artifact's situation is getting progressively worse. As it turns out, the title has lost its two lead gameplay designers, Richard Garfield and Skaff Elias.

video games

Adrian Werner

March 9, 2019

Artifact - Valve Lays Off Two Lead Designers

Valve Fires Employees

Valve has laid off 13 full-time employees last month. Some third-party contracts were also cancelled. The reason for the layoffs remains unknown.

video games

Bart Swiatek

March 8, 2019

Valve Fires Employees

Layoffs at GOG.com

GOG.com has fired a significant number of employees. The reason for the layoffs is allegedly financial difficulties and the mounting market pressure to reduce the revenues of digital distribution stores.

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Adrian Werner

February 26, 2019

Layoffs at GOG.com

Bowser Takes Over Nintendo of America

On April 15, Reggie Fils-Aime will resign as the CEO of Nintendo of America. His duties will be taken over by Doug Bowser, currently the company's Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

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Bart Swiatek

February 22, 2019

Bowser Takes Over Nintendo of America

Activision Plans Massive Layoffs?

More alarming news concerning Activision. Bloomberg news agency reports that next week the company is to cut as much as hundreds of jobs.

video games

Konrad Serafinski

February 9, 2019

Activision Plans Massive Layoffs?

Cyberpunk 2077 key dev leaves CDPR, joins Blizzard

Sebastian Stepien, co-writer and story designer for the Witcher series and the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077, left CD Projekt RED. His new employer is Blizzard, where the developer took over as Creative Director.

video games

Milosz Szubert

January 23, 2019

Cyberpunk 2077 key dev leaves CDPR, joins Blizzard

Activision welcomes the new CFO with a cosy sum of $15 million

Activision paid the equivalent of $15 million to Dennis Durkin in exchange for signing an agreement to take up the position of Chief Financial Officer.

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Jacob Blazewicz

January 15, 2019

Activision welcomes the new CFO with a cosy sum of $15 million

New patches to AC Odyssey and Fallout 76 and other news from the world

A new patch has been released for Fallout 76, the 1.1.2 update is available in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Final Fantasy X/X2 HD and Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age have been announced on Nintendo Switch and Xbox One. Mike Morhaime quits Blizz for good.

video games

Milosz Szubert

January 11, 2019

New patches to AC Odyssey and Fallout 76 and other news from the world

Activision fires Chief Financial Officer. Company's shares fall

Activision Blizzard announced in a statement issued to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it will dismiss its financial director, Spencer Neumann. The dismissal is not related to the company's financial performance.

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Bart Swiatek

January 3, 2019

Activision fires Chief Financial Officer. Company's shares fall

Creator of Cod WWII and Dead Space Leaves Activision

Glen Schofield, one of the co-founders of Sledgehammer Games, announced that he will leave Activision at the end of the year to „try something new.”.

video games

Milosz Szubert

December 11, 2018

Creator of Cod WWII and Dead Space Leaves Activision

Dragon Age senior creative director Mike Laidlaw leaves BioWare

Mike Laidlaw, senior creative director for Dragon Age: Inquisition, has announced that he is leaving BioWare after 14 years.

video games

October 13, 2017

Dragon Age senior creative director Mike Laidlaw leaves BioWare