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Microsoft lays off 1900 workers: Blizzard sheds Mike Ybarra, its survival game, and its customer support in one day
We've updated this story at the bottom with some of the latest news that has come forth about the scope of the layoffs and...
Riot Games laid off over 500 people last night, and no we don’t know what it means for the Riot MMO
Riot Games is joining the seemingly endless list of game studios continuing to dump workers overboard: Last night, the company announced it is shedding...
GDC’s 2024 industry survey: Game devs weigh in on AI, layoffs, unionization, RTO, and more
Every year, GDC conducts an industry-wide survey of game developers and compiles the results in its State of the Game Industry, the 2024 edition...
Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2024?
Every year when it comes time to update this poll for January, I consider tossing it out. But the last few years of Daybreak...
Discord is shedding 17 percent of its staff as part of the company’s attempt to turn a profit this year
The month of January continues to prove itself to be a brutal one for those in the gaming and tech industries. This time around...
Amazon’s Twitch lays off 500 workers over cost-cutting efforts and executive exits
Hot on the heels of yesterday's news of more layoffs at Unity comes the revelation that Amazon is the next to fire staff. As...
Unity sheds another 1800 workers from all of its departments in latest layoff round
The contraction of Unity that occurred through last January, May, and November looks to be continuing into this year, as the game engine developer...
Former Activision-Blizzard exec files lawsuit that alleges the studio fired him for being old and white
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...
Lost Skies developer Bossa Studios sheds 19 employees owing to a ‘perfect storm of events’
We're sad to report that layoffs in gaming and tech appear to be continuing even among the smaller studios out there. The most recent...
Hearthstone is sunsetting its Duels Mode in April, Blizzard has announced
Hearthstone fans are in for disappointment today as Blizzard has announced the impending demise of the game's Duels Mode.
"As we think about the future...
NCsoft has officially granted a City of Heroes server license to the Homecoming crew
City of Heroes fans are in for a treat today - or a shocking surprise they were convinced was never coming, depending on their...
Following Bobby Kotick’s exit, former ABK devs call out his toxic management and Overwatch 2 sabotage
Now that Bobby Kotick has floated away from Activision-Blizzard on a doubtlessly diamond-encrusted platinum parachute, some former developers at Blizzard are feeling confident enough...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding stories of 2023
Welcome to a special end-of-the-year edition of Make My MMO, the MassivelyOP column where we - well, I - keep tabs on all of...
Tamriel Infinium: Rounding out Elder Scrolls Online’s ninth year of adventures
No matter what your predictions may be, how a year turns out often involves unforeseen twists and turns. Even the world of Tamriel was...
Bobby Kotick finally departs Activision-Blizzard next week, but Microsoft will keep some of his execs
Bobby Kotick - a man who somehow hung onto his job even after The Wall Street Journal published the revelation that he'd threatened to...
QA employees accuse Activision-Blizzard of a ‘soft layoff’ after studios mandate a return to offices in January
Activision-Blizzard is once again electing to mistreat its QA employees according to a statement from the A Better ABK proto-union, which accuses the company...
The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMO trend of 2023?
Layoffs.
No, really, I suspect "thousands of game devs being laid off from nearly every major game studio and also some of the small ones"...
PSA: You can get the Destiny 2 Legacy Collection free on the Epic Games Store right now
With underperforming revenues, staff layoffs, plummeting player counts, and an expansion delay until next summer, Destiny 2 is ending 2023 on a downward trend....
Bungie devs face the ‘soul-crushing’ pressure of financial targets, a Sony takeover, and threat of more layoffs
It's already been reported that life within Destiny 2 and Marathon developer Bungie is extremely unhappy in the wake of recent layoffs and the...
Star Trek Online now has third-party ship model NFTs as new Cryptic boss DECA opens hiring
Remember back when Star Trek Online announced that it was ending its six-year partnership with GamePrint, bringing to an end the service that allowed...
