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Bungie studio hit by layoffs, delays of Destiny 2’s Final Shape and Marathon

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Sony-owned Bungie has become the latest gaming company to suffer apparently significant layoffs this year - enough to cause major delays to multiple titles. As...
Prepare for bear.

Massively Overthinking: What’s next for Blizzard under Microsoft?

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So the Microsoft acquisition of Activision-Blizzard is basically a done deal. Oh, sure, the FTC is still fumbling around with hapless appeals, but look,...
Raft.

Gamigo grants RIFT players 10 days of free sub time to celebrate the MMO’s 10th birthday on Steam

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Earlier this year, the MMO community was growing increasingly concerned about the future of the beloved but beleaguered MMORPG RIFT, which has seen repeated...

Elite Dangerous’ Frontier Developments readies a round of layoffs

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It certainly seems like we've in the thick of layoff season right now, what with Epic Games, Twitch, and Cryptic all letting personnel go...
Space boats.

Whatever non-layoff thing is going on at Cryptic sounds ominous and we don’t like it

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Disturbing and confusing news for Cryptic and its MMORPGs - chiefly Star Trek Online and Neverwinter - has erupted across social media today following...

Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard buyout is official, Kotick to stay through end of 2023

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After nearly two years of drama, UK regulators have finally approved Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, and Microsoft announced the buyout is official this morning. The...
This looks... boring.

Lawful Neutral: Reverse engineering World of Warcraft’s subscriber numbers

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Do you know what time it is? It's almost quarterly financial report time! We probably won't see a full quarterly report from Activision-Blizzard as...
So long, guy. You looked good.

Motiga’s MOBA Gigantic has been resurrected… for 33 hours starting this afternoon

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So here's a nice surprise for a Thursday morning: If you missed the old Motiga MOBA-shooter Gigantic, you can play it again - briefly. MMO...

MMO Business Roundup: BioWare lawsuit, Nintendo multiplayer sunset, Twitch layoffs

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Numbers numbers numbers. BioWare Remember the hefty BioWare layoffs back in the summer? A group...

Overwatch 2 unveils its next control map coming in Season 7

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If you missed watching the Overwatch League grand final, you missed out on some news from the shooter itself, as the devs used the...
I hate so much about the ways you choose to be.

Epic Games raises Fortnite prices in wake of layoffs and financial woes

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Once again, Epic Games is asking for your help. Well, it's not so much asking anyone for assistance as it is jacking up the prices...

Fall Guys developer Mediatonic ‘hit very hard’ by Epic Games’ mass-layoff – but not shuttered

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Epic's mass-layoff of 830 workers (and offloading of 250 more to spun-out companies) yesterday may have been characterized by the company as largely outside...
YOUR MONEY IS NOW OUR MONEY, AND WE WILL USE IT TO BUY DRUGS

Fortnite’s Epic Games confirms mass layoff of 830 workers

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Epic Games has joined the long list of gaming companies to slash its staff after winding up during the pandemic gaming boom. Following a...
It's all the money we don't have!

Layoffs hit Blizzard’s Hearthstone team as Chris Metzen upgrades to new World of Warcraft exec title

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Tuesday marked another dark day for the teams at Blizzard once again, with news coming out that the studio is being hit with more...

Roblox sheds 30 ‘talent acquisition’ employees as part of a company plan to improve its profits

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We've reported numerous times how the company that runs Roblox has continually seen revenue rise but profits plummet as it outspends those earnings to...

Ubisoft Montreal employees accuse studio of lying about work-from-home policies as an RTO mandate begins

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There is an upswell of anger amid the workers at Ubisoft Montreal, the developer of such titles as For Honor and Roller Champions. Most...

Dauntless and Fae Farm dev Phoenix Labs are losing more top execs, this time the CEO and COO

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Phoenix Labs' 2023 troubles aren't getting any easier: Both its CEO and COO have apparently just stepped down from those positions. As we've been chronicling,...

Evercore Heroes shutters North American server after cutting team and entering maintenance mode

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The shakeups surrounding fusion MMO/MOBA Evercore Heroes continues -- and not for the better. This title went into a paid closed beta this past...
Right in half.

Former CIG employee speaks out about Star Citizen’s design trajectory and money burn

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The headlines around Star Citizen and money continue to swirl. Hot off of the heels of yesterday's report about the game's new crowdfunding total...

Star Citizen crowdfunding hits $600M under the specter of reported layoffs at CIG

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It was only a few weeks ago when we reported on Star Citizen raking in $550M to date this year in crowdfunding, which was...

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