After years of development, and significant upheaval that led to half the development staff being laid off and a major change to the project, Liquid Swords is releasing its first …
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Stories
Cancellation Of Almost-Complete Game From Eidos Montreal Resulted In Layoffs – Report
by Awaisby AwaisRecent mass layoffs at developer Eidos Montreal were the result of a long-in-development project at the studio that was close to completion being canceled, according to a new report. As …
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Eidos-Montreal has announced a round of mass layoffs, with 124 people losing their jobs and studio head David Anfossi leaving the company. In a statement, Eidos-Montreal said the cuts are …
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Tips & Guides
Fortnite layoffs are another consequence of gaming giving into big tech’s fads
by Awaisby AwaisPatch Notes is a weekly newsletter bringing you the best of Polygon, sent on Fridays and published on the site on Sundays. You can subscribe here. It’s never a good …
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Former Valve writer hits out at Epic Games layoffs: “It’s not like they’re a publicly traded company. It’s not like there’s some need to hit the stock market thing. This is Tim”
by Awaisby AwaisProlific former Valve writer, Chet Faliszek, has hit out at Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney, asking why anyone at Epic “should work hard” when staff have no agency and “the …
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Gaming News
Fortnite Layoffs ‘Inevitable’ as Epic Continues to Bet on Reshaping the Games Industry
by Awaisby AwaisThis week, Epic Games announced one of the largest rounds of layoffs the video games industry has ever faced, with more than 1,000 staff told they were out of work …
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Gaming News
Fortnite developers say there will be a huge impact on development “for the rest of the year and likely beyond” following mass layoffs
by Awaisby AwaisFortnite is one of the biggest games in the world, so it isn’t overly surprising to see Epic Games make adjustments to how the title is run as the game …
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Gaming News
Tomb Raider studio hit with fourth round of layoffs in 12 months, but remake and Catalyst development continues
by Awaisby AwaisCrystal Dynamics has announced another wave of layoffs. This is the fourth round of layoffs in 12 months for the Tomb Raider studio. The company shared the news last night, …
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Gaming News
In an industry beset by layoffs and crunch, Japanese publisher Atlus is raising salaries and working to reduce fixed overtime
by Awaisby AwaisYesterday, we learned of layoffs at Warner Bros. Montréal, the latest in a unbearably long list of bad games industry news in recent months. Today, for a change, we have …
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Gaming News
Atlus Aims To Raise Salaries, Improve Working Conditions As Layoffs Continue Hitting Games Industry
by Awaisby AwaisThere’s been a lot of demoralizing news about the game industry lately, with a constant stream of headlines about mass layoffs affecting several publishers coming one after the other for …