Bad news coming this time from Microsoft as it is related to new layoffs in the company. It was confirmed today, Friday, and the situation is worrying. Layoffs at Microsoft Remember that Microsoft and Nintendo maintain a close relationship, allowing Microsoft IP games to be on the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Online. Phil Spencer, ...
There has been some more industry news this week, this time regarding Microsoft’s Xbox division, which completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard last year and recently reiterated its support for Nintendo platforms in the future. In a message from Xbox boss and Microsoft gaming boss Phil Spencer (via IGN), it was discovered 1,900 roles of ...
Embracer Group studio Black Forest Games is laying off half of its employees, according to a new report. The wave of layoffs within the Embracer Group will continue in 2024. A report from My city According to this, this time the German development studio Black Forest Games is affected, which has to lay off around ...
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According to reports, Microsoft will lay off 1,900 gaming department employees. If true, the video game industry will lose 5,800 jobs in January alone. The news was first broken by IGN, which claimed to have seen a memo from Xbox boss Phil Spencer. While it’s unclear exactly which teams within its gaming division are affected, ...
Riot Games, the developer of games such as League of Legends, Valorant, and TFT, announced that it will be “laying off approximately 530 characters globally,” with the most obvious impact appearing to be on Legends of Runeterra ” and the impact of the team behind the Riot Forge Project. This is the man behind games ...
The developer of I Am Fish has to lay off around a third of its employees. According to a report, the British developer Bossa Studios will have to lay off 19 people, around a third of its employees. The developer, known for games such as I Am Fish, Surgeon Simulator 2: Access All Areas and ...
Activision unexpectedly lays off about 50 employees of the e-sports department. Last Wednesday, around 50 employees were laid off completely without warning. This became known through an interview with The Verge. With the future of the Overwatch League uncertain, employees said they were fired without any warning or other notice. They are shocked and have ...
Things are not going well for Niantic, which is the developer of the Pokemon mobile game Pokemon GO. The company has recently received a lot of criticism for changes made to Pokemon GO, such as significantly reduced remote raids, and Niantic hasn’t changed course on that at all. However, that’s not all. Pokemon GO had ...
Street Fighter 6 is officially available today – and at least on Steam, Capcom’s new beat ’em up has already gotten off to a great start. Street Fighter 6 fans now have the chance to play the new part of one of the most popular series of the genre with Street Fighter 6 – and ...
Electronic Arts will lay off more than 700 employees – 6% of the video game publisher’s global workforce of around 12,900 – CEO Andrew Wilson said on Wednesday. The mass layoffs come despite a gross profit of $1.3 billion that EA reportedly reported for its most recent fiscal quarter financial statements Handed over to investors ...
