GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 10, 2024

In a post shared on the game's website , EA shared that the studio behind Star Wars: Squadron and the recent Dead Space remake, will put together a team focused on developing the upcoming game. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 14, 2024

Tencent has reportedly taken over two ByteDance games teams, and has consolidated them into a new company. These teams have reportedly been merged into a studio called Salusoi, which is wholly-owned by a Tencent investor.

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Game Developer

APRIL 25, 2024

Determined to keep from overscoping on Against the Storm, developer Eremite Games built a practical process to predict how long it would take to make the "Rainpunk" citybuilder.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

For Square Enix, maintaining team chemistry was important to the development of its Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 8, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox At a glance Microsoft has seen more changes behind the scenes, including the creation of two new teams dedicated to experiences and platforms, as well as game preservation. Read more

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Activision Blizzard appears to have laid off 10 employees in a restructuring of the Hearthstone team.

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Game Developer

MAY 9, 2023

Game Freak teams with Private Division in what marks the Pokemon developer's first collaboration with a western publisher.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Scopely has confirmed it may be cutting ties with a number of employees who had been working on its Kingdom Maker publishing team. The cuts reportedly impacted 38 people, according to a LinkedIn post by Amir Satvat, who has been regularly documenting job cuts throughout the industry.

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Rocket Brush Studio

APRIL 25, 2024

As we navigate the complexities of determining the cost of software testing, it's crucial to evaluate the average cost of software testing through different approaches——outsourcing versus in-house teams.

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Game Developer

MAY 12, 2023

The Open Roads team takes the game's name for itself as Steve Gaynor is left with the Fullbright title.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 8, 2024

Disney Games has expanded its leadership team with two new hires of industry veterans, as well as three internal promotions. Ray Gresko and Bjorn Tornqvist have joined the Disney Games team in new executive positions, while Jay Ong has been promoted.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 6, 2024

Australian studio Torus has laid off its team and will be on a hiatus for the foreseeable future. That never happened and half the team went at the end of January. The hope was that, during the notice period, we could have gotten at least one of the projects in discussion greenlit. Read more

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It's Private Division's 5-year anniversary, and the company is celebrating with a new publishing deal with Bloober Team and a fund to invest in smaller developers.

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Game Developer

APRIL 13, 2023

Software and moxie can get you really far with an all-remote team, but Something Wicked Games founder Jeff Gardiner says you need a foundation of trust to make great games.

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Game Developer

APRIL 25, 2024

It's-a-me, not-quite-legally-distinct Mario.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Ubisoft has conducted layoffs that have affected its VFX and IT teams. The Assassin's Creed maker said the move was attributed to reorganizing headcount in Hybride and its worldwide IT staff. Overall, 124 employees were affected by the job cuts. Read more

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

The currently unannounced project from Bloober is set to arrive in 2025 and will see the studio "provide our horror know-how" to a Skybound property.

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Game Developer

MARCH 20, 2023

At GDC 2023, Xbox Game Studios will share fresh perspectives and newfound insights on team managment, publishing partnerships, and studio culture.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Key figures such as Sarah Bond and Matt Booty have been promoted as Microsoft begins "advancing our mission for the next era of Xbox in service of players."

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JULY 14, 2023

The newest update for Team Fortress 2 helped bring its concurrent player count to its highest yet, and continues its ongoing growth during the 2020s.

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MARCH 25, 2024

The studio's next project is vaguely described as a return to its work before being made into a Call of Duty support dev.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Dublin-based Keywords Studios has laid off its Dragon Age: Dreadwolf QA team contracted to assist BioWare Edmonton in Canada. As reported by Polygon , the recently unionised team were let go in late September after BioWare decided not to continue its contract in August.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 16, 2024

With PTW's newest cuts, the game industry is at nearly 3,000 layoffs, and it's only halfway through January 2024.

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Game Developer

MARCH 6, 2024

The Canadian studio is also halting development on its early access RPG Unforetold: Witchstone.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 12, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The Open Roads development team is no longer a part of the Fullbright game studio. As reported by Polygon , the collective, now known as The Open Roads Team, will continue to work with publisher Annapurna Interactive. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

CD Projekt Red announced a cohort of appointments for its leadership team in Boston to work on Project Orion. If you have new appointments or transitions in your company that belong here, please send the names of the appointees, new role and company, and prior role and company to newhires@gamesindustry.biz. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox It would be easy look at Team Reptile's Bomb Rush Cyberfunk and conclude that the stylish skater is the product of a deep affection for Sega's Jet Set Radio.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 14, 2023

Rockstar Games has announced the acquisition of Cfx.re, a Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 modding team. In a statement shared last Friday, Rockstar Games explained that the team will be officially part of the company going forward, but the terms of the situation have not been shared.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Tencent has shuttered Team Kajiu, a North American subsidiary of the TiMi Studio Group. The US studio was established back in 2020; it had been working on a AAA multiplayer title and was overseen by former Halo and Battlefield leads Rosi Zagortcheva and Scott Warner.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Sega has its eyes on user-generated content, and thinks Eques' new generative AI-powered voxel tool will make the technology viable for greater use in its games.

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Game Developer

MARCH 27, 2024

Could the project challenge the likes of Overwatch and Valorant?

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JULY 21, 2023

Our team is enthusiastic about this new endeavor and aims to create an immersive and captivating gaming experience. Updates will be provided, and players are invited to join in shaping the future of the upcoming game.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The French developer and Safe in Our World are launching a playbook for victims and perpetrators of toxic behavior within its multiplayer games.

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Perforce

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Dive into the specifics of Jira Server end of life, exploring how your team can respond, and explore free Jira alternatives or Jira similar tools.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Activision Blizzard has laid off some developers from the Hearthstone team, the company confirmed to Kotaku senior reporter Ethan Gach. Gach reported last night that 10 people within the Hearthstone team were let go without notice as part of a restructuring. As a result a small number of roles have become redundant.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 19, 2023

The GamesIndustry.biz team continues to grow as we are this week joined by Tanya Machinjike. Marking her games industry debut, Machinjike has previously held sales roles at various engineering firms, as well as in Higher Education marketing at The Student Room. She takes on the role of account manager, and will report to George Corner.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Old heads who made Cyberpunk 2077 and its expansion are heading west to start early development on its sequel.

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