The immensely popular Dungeons & Dragons franchise is reportedly about to change hands as insider sources reveal that Hasbro is planning to sell the IP with Tencent currently on top of the buyers list. According to Chinese press site Speed Daily, the Chinese media giant’s interactive entertainment division is currently negotiating with Hasbro to acquire rights to D&D and its [...]
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Back in 2022, a group of veteran Mythic Entertainment developers, including co-founder Rob Denton, founded a new studio called Loric Games with plans to develop a multiplayer survival sandbox game. Another big name in the video game industry has now joined the studio as Jeff Hickman takes on the role of Chief Production Officer. “Joining the talented team at Loric [...]
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Blizzard Entertainment was one of the companies that were hit hard by the mass layoffs at Microsoft’s gaming divisions last week. While Microsoft promised severance packages for all affected employees, former product lead Adam Holisky decided to sweeten the deal by cashing in his World of Warcraft subscription codes for 10 years’ worth of free game time. “Once I realized [...]
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Microsoft has named Call of Duty general manager Johanna Faries as the new head honcho of Blizzard Entertainment after former president Mike Ybarra was booted out of the company as part of the mass layoffs at Microsoft’s gaming divisions last week. Faries will officially assume the mantle of president on February 5 and shared a brief statement on her new [...]
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The Epic Games vs. Apple legal drama isn’t quite over yet as it moves on to an epilogue of sorts that will see the return of Fortnite to iOS devices in Europe. As part of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) of 2022, big tech companies are now being given until March 7th to comply with the regulations set [...]
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The job toll in the video game and tech industries continues to rise as January comes to a close. Three more video game studios have been hit with layoffs this week, including People Can Fly, Black Forest Games, and Reikon Games, affecting approximately 140 employees across all three studios. At least 6,000 employees have now lost their jobs across over [...]
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Black Desert Online’s western version is celebrating its 8th anniversary in March with a special Adventurers’ Oasis in-person event, dubbed Anniversary Fiesta. The event will be held in Los Angeles on March 2nd, a day before the fantasy MMORPG’s actual anniversary and promising plenty of fun activities for attendees. “At Adventurers’ Oasis, meet and socialize with other Adventurers, bond over [...]
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Even the mighty Microsoft isn’t immune to the massive layoffs sweeping across the video game and tech industries as it announces plans to reduce its gaming division’s workforce 8%, affecting roughly 1,900 employees from recently acquired Activision Blizzard, ZeniMax Online Studios, and even Xbox. “As we move forward in 2024, the leadership of Microsoft Gaming and Activision Blizzard is committed [...]
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The hits just keep coming as another big video game company announces its own round of layoffs. Riot Games announced earlier this week that it was cutting 11% of its workforce, affecting a whopping 530 employees, most of whom reportedly work outside of the core development teams. The growing list of affected developers on Reddit begs to differ though, showing [...]
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Two more video game companies have been added to the rapidly growing list of companies that suffered layoffs over the past two years. Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive confirmed that it recently laid off 40 of its employees, while Lord of the Fallen’s publisher CI Games announced a 10% reduction in its workforce. The job cuts come in spite [...]
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