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Not even Call of Duty developers are safe from layoffs

Not even Call of Duty developers are safe from layoffs

On January 25th Microsoft announced a workforce reduction of almost 9 percent In the company’s gaming department, a total of almost 2,000 employees have lost their jobs at Activision Blizzard, ZeniMax and Xbox. Some of these people worked on it call of Dutyone of the largest and most profitable franchises in the industry, showing that ...

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Cyberpunk 2077’s sequel could actually have multiplayer

Cyberpunk 2077’s sequel could actually have multiplayer

The Cyberpunk 2077 The sequel, currently codenamed “Orion,” is a complete mystery. Other than the fact that it is in development, we know almost nothing about the project. What we do know is that developer CD Projekt Red is seriously considering adding multiplayer to the mix this time around. Phantom Liberty undoes one important thing ...

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GTA and Alan Wake developers argue over the letter “R”

GTA and Alan Wake developers argue over the letter “R”

Update 11/18/23 11:45 a.m. ET: A representative of Remedy Entertainment told former Axios Reporter Stephen Totilo that the trademark dispute between Alan Wake Developer remedy and Grand Theft Auto Publisher Take-Two Interactive was “fully and amicably resolved late last year.” At this point, there is “nothing to see here.” How Alan Wake 2 builds on ...

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Analysts say Switch 2 could cost 0 with  games

Analysts say Switch 2 could cost $400 with $70 games

The Nintendo Switch’s successor could arrive as early as next year, cost $400 and be more of an “iterative” upgrade “than a revolution.” That’s what the CEO of a Tokyo-based video game consulting company he recently spoke to says GamesIndustry.biz. New trailer for Pokémon Scarlet and Purple features hot pros, 4-player co-op and Lechonk, the ...

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The 11 Biggest Gaming Disappointments of 2023

The 11 Biggest Gaming Disappointments of 2023

Picture: Kotaku / Sweet Anita / Anna Stills (Shutterstock) Instead of finding new ways to elevate voices who are not white and/or already wealthy, the internet has continued to find ways to make women in 2023 feel unwelcome in digital spaces. Popular in January Twitch streamer Brandon “Atrioc” Ewing accidentally revealed it that he watched ...

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Embattled ActiBlizz CEO Kotick writes a farewell letter

Embattled ActiBlizz CEO Kotick writes a farewell letter

We knew it would be long-time Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick will step down at the end of this year the following Microsoft’s historic acquisition of his company– but we didn’t know he would officially leave on the last day working day 2023, technically two days before the end of the year. This tidbit was ...