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Blizzard is laying off over 126 people from its support center in Ireland

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The massive culling of 1,900 workers by Microsoft looks to have had a significant global impact, as Ireland's minister for foreign affairs Michéal Martin...
WHOOPS

FTC files a complaint against Microsoft following Activision Blizzard layoffs

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When Microsoft outlined its plans for what would happen following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, one of the things that the company stated was...
DO YOU NOT LOVE US?!

Former Activision-Blizzard exec files lawsuit that alleges the studio fired him for being old and white

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Discrimination can certainly take a wide assortment of forms, but the culture that has been fostered within Activision-Blizzard has mostly been one that threatens...

Chinese government fires media official over announced gaming rules proposal that battered the market

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The last few weeks saw the Chinese games industry turn into a tinderbox thanks to an announced draft of new restrictions on gaming in...

Xbox announces plans for AI-based gamedev tools that generate game dialogue and quests ‘at scale’

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The invasion of generative AI text and large language model (LLM) tools like ChatGPT into game development and design has gotten the backing of...
Oh good.

The ESA is no longer working with ReedPop for the theoretical next E3 event

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Well, if you were dreading the possibility of E3 coming back in 2024 under ReedPop's direction, you no longer have to worry about that....
Nope.

Valve confirms blocking games featuring AI-generated assets on Steam is primarily about copyright law

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Most of the time when AI art generators are heralded by game studios and publishers, one of the first questions people begin to ask...

ESA claims it is ‘currently having conversations’ about E3 in 2024 and 2025

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With E3 officially dead for this year, many are likely assuming that the Entertainment Software Association's marquee show is completely dead. This presumption was...
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World of Warcraft producer claims Blizzard is bleeding talent and creating ‘crisis maps’ for feature releases

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It would appear that another bout of brain drain is afflicting Blizzard as a whole and World of Warcraft in specific. One of the...

Riot MMO’s principal game designer steps down in what former Riot dev calls ‘a natural part of the life cycle of a game dev’

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The MMORPG that Riot is developing has apparently lost another member of its senior staff. Justin "Xenogenic" Hanson announced his departure from Riot this...
Curse you.

Germany’s games ratings board creates new labels with warnings about lootboxes, MTX, and online chat

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The physical and digital packaging of video games in Germany is going to have a lot more granular detail thanks to updates being applied...
Gosh, I'm glad there aren't any tombs around here!

Amazon Games is working to develop and publish the next Tomb Raider title

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Amazon Games might have had some trouble with getting its games to market and/or getting them to take off, but there's some hope now...
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Leaderboard: Has the gaming community ‘beaten’ NFTs?

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I have to give this article in Bloomberg a lot of props for being something you don't see very often: a piece touting the...

Odin Valhalla Rising’s Lionheart Studio retracts IPO listing plans over valuation issues and market fatigue

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Earlier this month we reported on Odin: Valhalla Rising developer Lionheart Studio's plans to list its IPO on the Korean KOSDAQ stock exchange, which...
The continuation.

China’s restrictions on game time sees a drop in minors’ gaming engagement in the country

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Last year, the Chinese government tightened the screws on minors' gaming access, limiting play time to only three hours a week at specific times...
Sorny.

Sony appears to have set up an internal game preservation department

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It probably goes without saying that we here at Massively Overpowered are kind of fond of game preservation, helped by the fact that we...
You are bad and you should feel bad.

Habbo Hotel goes full play-to-earn with the announcement of Habbo X

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Remember when having Habbo Hotel owner Sulake selling off Habbo-based NFTs seemed just like it was pointlessly destructive grifting from an isolated unscrupulous developer? Good times....
Jaded.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio do you find the least believable?

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Over the course of several years working in this industry, I have grown more willing to believe some studios and less willing to believe...
Good plan!

Square-Enix’s president is still bullish on the prospect of NFTs and blockchain in gaming

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Have you forgotten about president Yosuke Matsuda's buzzword-laden blockchain pitch from the start of the year? It's entirely possible you have, since in the...
Let it die.

Netmarble promises a bunch of blockchain titles despite their being banned in its home country

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Just an FYI if you were starting to forget this or something, Netmarble is a garbage company. There's plenty of reasons to think that,...

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