Sega of America accused of trying to axe 40 percent of unionized staff (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Unity is reviewing its product portfolio and says layoffs are "likely" (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Report: Embracer has made layoffs at Gearbox Publishing (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Tinybuild CEO admits publisher is using AI tools to monitor employees (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Article by GameDeveloper: The CEO of game publisher Tiny Build has boasted that his company uses ChatGPT in order to surveil their employees in order to find what amounts to grounds to fire them. CEO backpedals and claims his statements were “hypothetical”.
Slay the Spire devs followed through on abandoning Unity (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Sega sells off Relic Entertainment, will axe 240 jobs (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Canada-based studio Relic Entertainment, which recently released Company of Heroes 3, did receive some good news in the midst of these layoffs. The company announced on X (formerly Twitter) that it is becoming an independent studio thanks to the help of “an external investor” who went unnamed.
GDC: One year, we decided let’s share salary numbers, because we felt some of us weren’t getting paid enough. So we shared this information and we all ended up getting really nice raises that year (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Microsoft's next-generation Xbox pitched as a "cloud hybrid" console (www.gamedeveloper.com)
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Creating the creepy, salty world of Dredge (www.gamedeveloper.com)
On the latest Game Developer podcast, we talked to Black Salt Games about their spooky fishing game Dredge.
Report: Embracer cancels Eidos' unannounced Deus Ex project, lays off staff (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Unity is eliminating 265 jobs and terminating Weta FX partnership (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Report: Bungie CEO blames layoffs on waning interest in Destiny 2 (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Ubisoft headcount declined by 1,700 on the path to its highest net bookings ever (www.gamedeveloper.com)
EA boss thinks ads in triple-A games would be 'meaningful' growth driver (www.gamedeveloper.com)
What could help triple-A games get even bigger right now? According to EA CEO Andrew Wilson, the answer lies in ads....
EA will spend over $125 million laying off 5 percent of its workforce (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Arrowhead CEO says over-hiring would be 'horrible' response to Helldivers 2 success (www.gamedeveloper.com)
GDC 2024 State Of The Game Industry: game developers on layoffs, generative AI, and more (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Bobby Kotick to leave Activision Blizzard next week (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Steam dropping support for macOS Mojave and by extension 32-bit games (www.gamedeveloper.com)
GameMaker swaps 'indie' and 'creator' subscriptions for one-time fee (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Making Immersive Games 101: Maintaining the Magic Circle (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Epic Games says its titular store remains unprofitable (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Report: Unity's Runtime Fee quietly gave exemptions in launch rush (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Dredge smashes internal expectations after topping 1 million sales (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Epic Games to update Unreal Engine pricing for devs not making games (www.gamedeveloper.com)
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