Video Game Industry
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Masahiro Sakurai has announced the completion of the final episode for his YouTube channel “Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games”. Sakurai revealed this on his Twitter account, while noting that the release date is yet to be determined as other regular episodes will precede it. The decision to conclude the series was made public in early…
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Avalanche, Makers of Just Cause, Shutters Montreal and New York Studios, Laying Off 50 Employees
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Avalanche Studios, known for creating Just Cause, Mad Max, and co-developing Rage 2, has announced plans to lay off 50 of its developers, accounting for 9% of their global staff, and shut down studios in New York and Montreal. The decision is a strategic move intended to “ensure a stable and sustainable future” for the…
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Square Enix, a prominent video game company, has announced its anticipation of formidable losses of 22.1 billion yen for the fiscal year ending March 2024. This is due to the company’s strategic decision to adjust its developmental approach towards high-definition games, with an objective of being more discerning and concentrated in allocating developmental inputs. The…
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CEO Andrew Wilson Informs EA Employees 5% of Them Will Be Made Redundant Through Vague and Provoking Email
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In the recent news, EA CEO, Andrew Wilson, announced a second round of layoffs for EA staff in less than a year, affecting another 5% of the team. Wilson broke the news after extolling the company’s growth, leading position in the industry, and the shift focus towards “our owned IP, sports, and massive online communities”.…
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Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against Tropic Haze, the makers of the open-source Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu. According to the lawsuit, Nintendo alleges that Yuzu bypasses the company’s security measures, allowing the decryption of games with an illegally obtained copy of prod.keys, thus enabling unauthorized versions of games to be played on PCs or Android…
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Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has recently announced layoffs of more than 900 employees, which is approximately 8% of its workforce. The company also announced the closure of PlayStation Studios London. Statements from President and CEO Jim Ryan and Head of PlayStation Studios Herman Hulst reveal that both US and European groups would be affected, including…
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The developer of The Dark Pictures Anthology and Little Nightmares III, Supermassive Games, is set to downsize its workforce by approximately 30%, which equates to around 90 staff members. This decision, according to a report by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, comes in response to the “significant challenges” currently faced by the games industry. The company communicated…
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Yoshitaka Murayama, the revered creator of Suikoden and Eiyuden Chronicles, sadly passed away on February 6 due to complications from an ongoing illness, as announced by his company, Rabbit and Bear Studios. His career began at Konami in 1992 where he eventually directed and wrote the acclaimed game, Suikoden, released in 1995 in Japan and…