People Can't Fly: unfortunately PCF lost two projects and will have to fire some of its team members.
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The new RuneScape has just been released on Steam! But to run it you need... Epic Games Online Services (and Epic account). That's basically the main points of negative reviews. â But they are overall (74%) positive! #mmo@GameDEV
RuneScape? Rune-escape!
Jagex reported profit growth for the seventh year in a row at the end of 2022, four years after shutting down RuneScape Classic, ending a 17-year-old run. The studio was then acquired by private equity firms CVC Capital and Haveli Investments in February 2024. A month later, CEO Phil Mansell departed the studio after eight years. CVC Capital advisor and Jagex board member Jon Bellami then took helm of the studio.
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Jagex reported profit growth for the seventh year in a row at the end of 2022, four years after shutting down RuneScape Classic, ending a 17-year-old run. The studio was then acquired by private equity firms CVC Capital and Haveli Investments in February 2024. A month later, CEO Phil Mansell departed the studio after eight years. CVC Capital advisor and Jagex board member Jon Bellami then took helm of the studio.
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Days Gone and so are 40 employees: when the multiplayer version was scrapped, PlayStation cut the funding for Bend Studio.
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According to IGN, Build a Rocket Boy launched the 45 days consultation after the failure of MindsEye.
The reason is purely legal: in the UK such a move is required before firing over 100 people. In total, the company has about 300 workers in the UK and 200 more in other locations.
Such a big studio was initially created to make a Roblox/UEFN competitor. The project was called Everywhere, but it's apparently dead on arrival. What's left of it was included into MindsEye.
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The reason is purely legal: in the UK such a move is required before firing over 100 people. In total, the company has about 300 workers in the UK and 200 more in other locations.
Such a big studio was initially created to make a Roblox/UEFN competitor. The project was called Everywhere, but it's apparently dead on arrival. What's left of it was included into MindsEye.
#LayOffs@GameDEV
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Hytale by Hypixel Studios is cancelled and the studio will be closed.
A long-awaited RPG in Minecraft aesthetic is officially dead after six years of development.
The studio was previously acquired by Riot Games, so it's their initiative to cut some costs.
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A long-awaited RPG in Minecraft aesthetic is officially dead after six years of development.
The studio was previously acquired by Riot Games, so it's their initiative to cut some costs.
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Sad shit: Microsoft is doing its FOURTH major series of layoffs during the last 18 months...
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As it was previously told, Microsoft has begun firing people (again). It has about 20 000 people in gaming divisions and want to cut this workforce by thousands.
King, Bethesda, and many other companies are among these cuts. It's the fourth big wave of layoffs in the last 18 months.
The total cut among Microsoft's teams (beyond gaming) is expected to be around 9100 employees out of 228 000. They were already planning to cut 7000 people in May (and it's unclear if these are two cuts or an extension).
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King, Bethesda, and many other companies are among these cuts. It's the fourth big wave of layoffs in the last 18 months.
The total cut among Microsoft's teams (beyond gaming) is expected to be around 9100 employees out of 228 000. They were already planning to cut 7000 people in May (and it's unclear if these are two cuts or an extension).
#LayOffs@GameDEV
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