Ubisoft Assures Users That Decommissioned Games Will Remain Playable Offline

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Last week, Ubisoft announced its plans to decommission online functionalities for some of its older games in September. More recent announcements, however, have raised concerns on whether players will still be able to access their games after the fact, particularly Assassins Creed: Liberation HD, Silent Hunter 5, and Space Junkies. Notices on the game’s respective Steam pages apparently stated that: [...]

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Ubisoft Mainz Wants To Keep Anno 2070’s Online Functionality Alive

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This past weekend, Ubisoft announced that it was ending online support for some of its older games, including several Assassin’s Creed titles and the city-building sim Anno 2070 among others. It looks like there’s some internal disagreement with the latter though as the game’s German developer, Ubisoft Mainz, has decided to try keep the lights on themselves. “After an initial [...]

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Unity Company Lays Off Hundreds Of Employees Around The Globe

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Unity game engine developer Unity Technologies has reportedly laid off hundreds of employees over the past month. According to VentureBeat, a total of 263 employees were affected by the series of layoffs as the company responds to a significant drop in revenue following Apple’s crackdown against target advertising in the past year. A big chunk of the Unity Technologies’ revenue [...]

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Netflix Releases Opening Credits For Upcoming Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Anime Series

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Netflix and Studio Trigger have dropped the opening sequence for their upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 anime adaptation, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. The show is co-produced by CD Projekt Red and tells the story of a young Cyberpunk fighting for survival in the dark and gritty metropolis of Night City. “The series tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive [...]

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Blizzard Entertainment Acquires Proletariat, Spellbreak Sunsetting In Early 2023

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Spellbreak developer Proletariat has been acquired by Blizzard Entertainment to bolster the World of Warcraft development team. According to VentureBeat, all 100 employees of the Boston-based studio will be working on Blizzard’s popular MMORPG including the upcoming Dragonflight expansion. “A big part of caring for our teams is making sure we have the resources to produce experiences our communities will [...]

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