Remember I recommended you We Happy Few during the whole previous week, since it was notoriously well written?

Well, the studio behind it is reportedly being closed. No official confirmation yet but South of Midnight was equally creative but didn't get enough sales. And it's not enough to make three games in 15 years.

The company is still making their next game, but Kotaku and Insider-Gaming reported that employees believe that closure "is just a matter of time".

Two months ago they were posting job openings, then last week several employees set green badges on LN.

#Microsoft@GameDEV
#XBOX@GameDEV
#LayOffs@GameDEV

The flagship Paris office of Don't Nod (Remember Me, Life is Strange, Vampyr, Banishers) is running out of funds. They will not have any money by November of 2026 and desperately looking for a publishing deal. Their biggest shareholder Tencent refused to cooperate further.

Semi-independent office in Montreal is a different entity sponsored by Netflix. Their partnership continues regardless.

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#Finance@GameDEV

Well, one of the Sea of Thieves leads, who took a serious role to maintain the whole portfolio, is stepping down before major layoffs. I assume, he doesn't want to be associated with whatever happens next.

#XBOX@GameDEV

Arkane, Double Fine, and Ninja Theory were added to the list for closure in addition to Compulsion Games. They all apparently negotiate independence from XBOX.

They may at best be left without their IPs but with core teams on their own. Even as independent entities they will have to run through significant layoffs.

#XBOX@GameDEV
#Microsoft@GameDEV
#LayOffs@GameDEV

Someone's gotta tell the XBOX CEO this isn't Todd

IT'S TOAD HOWARD TIME!
- Go buy Skyrim, it just works!

#meme@GameDEV

Linux improves the RISC-V and MIPS architectures support in 7.1 and the work continues.

Canonical also woke up and discussed several improvements to make RISC more friendly for big clients and grids of servers via RVA23 that supports Hypervisor and Vectors.

#Linux@GameDEV
#Hardware@GameDEV

The request to add Russian to Fable is now the 6th most popular post on Microsoft Feedback Portal. Original Fable games were truly popular in the region (thanks to satire and freedom of choice)

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#RPG@GameDEV

Google and University of San Diego are trying to make the first major data center out of ~2000 used Pixel phones.

They are most often simply dumped without a proper recycling. And they consume a very limited amount of power thanks to ARM processors. Which may allow universities and medium-sized businesses around the world to compute on a budget.

#Google@GameDEV
#DIY@GameDEV

Yeah, it's a pain. Also, most of the people do not believe that I can't recognize faces, but can obviously keep in mind that the person is blonde or tall and slender or wears certain items.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcj-KIMp1VQ
#OffTopic@GameDEV

Can’t believe he actually came back to MW3 to check 😅

Via 𝕮𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖔

Sorry (not sorry)

#meme@GameDEV

Whoa, Clive is still doing stuff...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_KrPyOMJn0
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#Saber@GameDEV

First of all, it's obvious that the volume of these games will increase. Their success will in most cases be limited though. From 80% of games making no money we will shift to 92-96% of games making no money.

Eventually players will agree to some AI. Investors will try to push for too much AI and fail. Cheap generated assets will not make it through, except maybe adult visual novels. A certain balance will be achieved in a decade or so.

#AI@GameDEV

SPOILER: Well, AC Shadows did this in the final update! He has been found by templars and is canonically gone now.

#AssassinsCreed@GameDEV
#Ubisoft@GameDEV

I've been fooled, here's the real thing (as is). Since I always correct misinformation, check it out:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xVBpZ-Pja0c

Europe just refused to stop killing games. Despite several months of visible support, active group of dozens of EU parliament members support, and 1.3m signatures from EU citizens.

Instead they suggest to kinda talk to managers and slightly adjust existing consumer laws.

What the hell is this?

Stop Killing Games expected this and will continue to push more than just empty promises from the EU.

#Europe@GameDEV
#Laws@GameDEV