Tencent and NetEase are turning their eyes back towards game development in China, which is seeing a resurgence. This has also reportedly been spurred by the hefty investment in Japan with only a “few hit games” to
Top game cos' need to go back into hiding. no stupid discord or chat or media, its your game!!! not theirs. We are being engulfed it seems, so its now tough as nuts to crack through the gaming world. There are big loses in the department of the game development today. I can no...
This unionization is just one more in a growing number of studios that have formed unions. Sega of America unionized in March 2023, while a huge number ofWorld of Warcraftstaff created a union during the summer. In July, Bethesda Game Studios also fully unionized. ZeniMax Online Studios is ...
Looking ahead, we'll continue to invest in areas that will grow our business and support our strategy of bringing more games to more players around the world. Although this is a difficult moment for our team, I'm as confident as ever in your ability to create...
in total, and some development departments have been cutting hundreds of staff members, one Perfect World employee claimed earlier online. Perfect World, founded in 2004 in Beijing, is best known for Perfect World International, an MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game). [...
Starfield and Halo developers ‘hit hard’ by massive Microsoft layoffs Another dark day in game development. Microsoft disclosed its plans to lay off around 10,000 employees today, according to reports fromBloombergandVideo Game Chronicle, with game developers 343 Industries and Bethesda Game St...
more and more non-games roles as we collectively realize the pool of work is simply drying up, and will only get worse, despite the games industry still being massively profitable. It's become clear that the space is not tenable for stable employment, let alone career/professional development...
Choice of video game engine software was one of the major topics covered by the survey. Thirty-three percent of those surveyed use either Unity or Unreal Engine in development. Around the same time the survey was being conducted, Unity announced its disastrous runtime fee policy, angering a ho...
Unity Announces Layoffs In Its Financial Results While Year-Over-Year Revenue Increases To $544 Million Layoff news won’t stop as game development engine company Unity, during its quarterly financial results (ending on September 30th, 2023), announced the company will face layoffs as a cost-cut...
This doesn't mean the company is cancelling allEA Studiosgames which are based on external licensed IP.Cliffhanger Games' Black Panther title andMotive Studio's Iron Man gameremain in developmentfor now, though the developers might not feel too reassured by Wilson's statements. ...