Deus Ex: Humanity Divided And Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Developer Eidos-Montreal is laying off 97 people and reportedly canceling an unannounced Deus Ex game. Eidos Montreal confirmed the layoffs at Xformerly Twitter, on Monday according to a Bloomberg report about the canceled game, which has reportedly been in development for two years. “The global ...
“We did our best to avoid this position.” Bossa Studios, the British team behind the Surgeon Simulator series, has been forced to lay off around one-third of its staff at the end of 2023. Co-founder Henrique Olifiers told GamesIndustry.biz that this was the result of a “perfect storm of events” and the team tried hard ...
Image: Tokyo Game Life / Nintendo Life During the holiday season, we’re republishing select articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2023 series. Enjoy! There’s no shortage of fascinating Nintendo-related spots in Tokyo. You can explore the shops for boxed Famicom games, sit down and eat a Kirby burger, ...
Image: Nintendo Life Another tumultuous year has passed — is there really any other kind? While 2023 was a watershed year for incredible video game releases across all platforms, the state of the gaming industry itself—with post-pandemic layoff announcements from major companies coming seemingly daily lately—is sobering. Looking outside the realm of interactive entertainment, much ...
Telecommuting is a debate that goes far beyond what Apple does or does not do, that’s clear. But it is inside the Cupertino offices that, contrary to what Steve Jobs believed, working from home is becoming more limited every day. Tim Cook wants teams in the office for as long as possible. A good sign ...
Yoshinori Kitase, a Japanese game director and producer at Square Enix who has worked on a number of classic RPGs, revealed in a recent interview that staff at the company keep asking him when they’re going to remake Final Fantasy VI. Final Fantasy VI (known as Final Fantasy III since its first North American release) ...
A rather peculiar news from Ubisoft. Apparently, after the layoffs a few days ago, it has now been confirmed that he plans to reinforce the staff dedicated to Assassin’s Creed. Specifically, it seems that it plans to increase the number of employees dedicated to this franchise by 40% “to promote its ambitious expansion.” However, the ...
silent Hill Developer and producer of pinball machines Konami Opened a new studio in Osaka, Japan. The developer and publisher of Yu-Gi-Oh just recently celebrated its 50th anniversary last month, announcing in a press release last week that it had just opened another studio, Konami Osaka Studio (thanks, GamesRadar). According to a press release, the ...
EA laid off about 6 percent of its workforce, the latest in a string of industry-wide layoffs, as games and technology across the board show signs of struggle. This information comes from the EA website, where CEO Andrew Wilson posted a statement after an initial round with employees. Before addressing news of the layoffs, the ...
Shacknews caught up with Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka to chat about the soon-to-be-released Sonic Frontiers. One thing that has dogged the 3D platformer game since its official reveal is the similarity between the starting world in Sonic Frontiers and Nintendo’s critically-acclaimed The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Both games are set in ...
