Frontier Developments Announces Plans To Lay Off An Unknown Number Of Employees

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It’s been a rough year for the video game industry with layoffs happening in seemingly every other video game company and studio. The latest studio to succumb to financial pressures is Elite Dangerous developer Frontier Developments, who’ve announced their plans to hand an unknown number of employees their pink slips. The upcoming layoffs are in line with the studio’s efforts [...]

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High-Ranking Developers At Cryptic Studios Are Apparently Looking To Jump Ship

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Something ominous is afoot over at Cryptic Studios as several key members of the Star Trek Online and Neverwinter development team announced on LinkedIn yesterday that they were looking for new job opportunities. These developers include senior game designer Jesse Heinig, senior technical artist Chris Penny, gameplay engineer David Nishball, and senior community manager Mike Fatum, a.k.a. Ambassador Kael. While [...]

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Microsoft And Activision Blizzard Finalize Their Merger After CMA Gives Its Approval

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It’s been a long uphill battle for Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, but both parties have finally inked their $69 billion merger after the UK Competition and Markets Authority officially gave its approval. To recap, the merger was first announced back in 2021, right around the same time that Activision Blizzard was facing massive backlash for alleged sexual harassment and discrimination [...]

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Unity CEO John Riccitiello Retires, Whitehurst Appointed Interim CEO And President

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Unity Technologies continues to feel the ripples from its extremely unpopular decision to tack on additional fees for every installation of Unity-run games as John Riccitiello retires from his role as CEO, president, chairman, and member of the board of directors effective immediately. He is ultimately the person responsible for the controversial runtime fees which earned the company the ire [...]

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French Police Detain Former Ubisoft Executives Over Sexual Harassment Claims

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The mistakes of the past have come back to haunt Ubisoft when French authorities moved against those who were accused of sexual misconduct back in 2020. According to French newspaper Libération, the police picked up five former Ubisoft employees and a former executive earlier this week and detained them for questioning for 24 hours. Among those who were detained were [...]

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