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Rockstar is Not Planning Any More Departures After Dan Houser
Rockstar Games does not plan any more departures. This is what Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive, said when asked about this eventuality after Dan Houser left the studio. By the way, he stresses that the company has never been stronger.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
February 8, 2020
Layoffs in the Studio Responsible for System Shock 3
Disturbing news comes from OtherSide Entertainment, the studio that makes up the third installment of the iconic System Shock series. The future of the series awaited by fans was questioned after the company layoff a significant number of employees at the end of last year.
video games
February 8, 2020
Sony Shuts Down the Studio Responsible for PS VR Games
Sony announced that it will soon dissolve the Manchester Studio devteam, which was established in 2015 to create VR games.
video games
Adrian Werner
February 5, 2020
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Mass Layoffs at the Polish Publisher of Cyberpunk 2077 [Updated]
According to reliable sources, CDP, which was supposed to be the Polish distributor of Cyberpunk 2077, has just laid off a lot of staff. The company will probably soon be completely extinguished. At present, it is not known which company could take over the rights to distribute the title in Poland.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
January 23, 2020
Assassin's Creed Developers Will Make Games for Google Stadia
Google's newly-created video gamedev team just employed some people who have worked on the Assassin's Creed series. They will be responsible for creating exclusive and original titles for the Google Stadia streaming platform.
video games
Paul Wozniak
November 30, 2019
Yesterday, Human Head Studios Released Rune II, Today it was Absorbed by Bethesda
Today, the American studio Human Head closed its operations after 22 years of existence on the gaming market. However, all the employees quickly found employment in the newly formed Roundhouse Studios team opened by Bethesda.
video games
Krzysztof Kaluzinski
November 13, 2019
Layoffs in Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Dozens of employees in the European branch of SIE were laid off on the day of the official announcement of PlayStation 5. The decision for the restructuring is explained by the need to unify individual branches of the company.
other
October 10, 2019
Worldwide Studios CEO Shawn Layden Leaves Sony
Shawn Layden unexpectedly parted with Sony. The name of the new head of Worldwide Studios, which brings together development studios creating games for PlayStation 4 and 5, has not yet been announced.
video games
Krzysztof Kaluzinski
October 1, 2019
Pathologic 2 Was a Financial Failure
In May, Pathologic 2 - a remake of the action-adventure game released in 2005 - hit the stores. It turns out that the game has sold poorly. In an interview for DTF, Ice-Pick Lodge admitted that a number of its employees have been laid off and plans for further development of the series had been postponed indefinitely.
video games
Agnes Adamus
August 24, 2019
Dragon Age 4 Loses Lead Producer
Another dev has left BioWare. Fernando Melo, the lead producer of the upcoming Dragon Age, has just said goodbye to the studio.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 18, 2019
Lead Producer of Anthem has Left BioWare
Ben Irving has left BioWare. The creator was known mainly as the lead producer of the online shooter Anthem.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 16, 2019
Co-creator of Doom and Quake Helps With Porting Witcher 3 to Switch
Tim Willits, an industry veteran working for id Software since 1995, where he co-created Doom and Quake as a studio director and level designer, joins Saber Interactive's development team responsible for The Witcher 3 port to Nintendo Switch. At the new company, Willits will take up the position of creative director.
video games
Michael Kulakowski
August 13, 2019
Frank Pearce Leaves Blizzard Entertainment
The co-founder of Blizzard leaves the company after 28 years of work. In his official statement, he thanks others for the opportunity to fulfill his dream of creating video games.
video games
Paul Wozniak
July 20, 2019
After Layoffs Blizzard is Recruiting Again... For the Same Positions
After a considerable purge of staff, Blizzard started recruiting Community Managers for Hearthstone. It would not be surprising if it were not for the fact that six months ago, for financial reasons, the company fired all of them. Former employees are not particularly satisfied with this fact, to put it mildly. Some of them are still unemployed.
video games
Julia Dragovic
July 5, 2019
Creator of Call of Duty Will Make Games For PUBG Corp
PUBG Corp. has announced the employment of Glen Schofield as head of the new studio. The creator of Dead Space and the Call of Duty series will lead the Striking Distance team in creating story-oriented productions set in the Playerunknown's Battlegrounds universe.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
June 26, 2019
Former CEO of Sony, Kaz Hirai, Retires
The former CEO of Sony, who has been the chairman of the supervisory board since last year, Kazuo (Kaz) Hirai, retired on June 18. Hirai has worked for 35 years in the company and has a lot of successes to his credit.
video games
Paul Wozniak
June 20, 2019
Lumberyard Engine Responsible For Trouble in Amazon Games Studio
Things are bad in Amazon Game Studios. Several dozen employees were laid off and unannounced projects were cancelled. One of the main reasons for these problems is the Lumberyard engine.
video games
Adrian Werner
June 18, 2019
Blizzard Will Lose Even More Employees?
More high-profile employees can leave the ranks of Blizzard Entertainment. According to Dexerto there will be several resignations from the Blizzard E-sports team in the next two weeks. Reason - low morale due to the decisions made by the management.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
June 2, 2019
CD Projekt RED Hires the Creator of The Witcher Prologue Remastered
In a recent podcast organized by the editorial staff of GameStar, one of the CD Projekt RED developers admitted that it is not rare for the company to hire talented modders.
video games
Bart Swiatek
April 5, 2019
Intel Lays Off Common Employees, Hires a Pro From Nvidia
One of the biggest producers of hardware components – Intel – plans to lay off several hundred people from two of its offices. What's more, Tom Petersen, one of Nvidia's top workers is going to join the company.
hardware & software
April 1, 2019