Author: Wesley LeBlanc
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League Of Legends Company Riot Games Lays Off 530 Employees
Riot Games, the publisher-developer company behind League of Legends, has announced that it is laying off 530 employees. Plus, it’s ending new game development under its Riot Forge arm, which produced third-party-developed games with the “A League of Legends Story” tag, like Ruined King, The Mageseeker, Song of Nunu, and the upcoming Bandle Tale, which…
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New Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Trailer Promises A Destined Fight Between Cloud And Sephiroth
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is right around the corner, hitting PlayStation 5 exclusively on February 29. Game Informer has been covering it all month long as the game graced the cover of our latest magazine issue, and you can read all of our exclusive Final Fantasy VII Rebirth coverage here. But, with little over a month to…
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Gothic, Elex II Dev Piranha Bytes Addresses Studio Closure Rumors: ‘Don’t Write Us Off Yet’
Last week, the internet began to speculate that Gothic and Elex II developer Piranha Bytes was being shut down after fans noticed the studio’s website was essentially defunct. Many speculated Piranha Bytes was another casualty in owner Embracer Group’s purge of studios that began last year after a planned $2 billion deal with Saudi Arabia-backed…
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Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Gets Playable Joker In Season 1 This March
Developer Rocksteady Studios has pulled back the curtains on the free seasonal content coming to Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League after the game’s launch on February 2. Season 1 will kick off in March and includes the most famous villain in the DC roster: The Joker. Not only is The Joker joining the game,…
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The Last Of Us Part II Remastered: Thoughts From A First-Time Player
The Last of Us Part II hit PlayStation 4 exclusively in 2020. Developer Naughty Dog brought us back into the world of cordyceps, Fireflies, Ellie, and Joel alongside new threats and characters like the WLF, Abby, Yara, Lev, and more. Game Informer gave the game a 10 out of 10 – read the review here – and…
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Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl Finally Launches In September
Developer GSC Game World will finally release S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl on September 5. The first-person shooter will launch on Xbox Series X/S and PC. The studio announced this release date in a quick trailer released today, which also calls September 5 the “final release date,” indicating GSC Game World is confident it won’t…
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PTW, A Support Studio That’s Worked With Capcom And Blizzard, Lays Off 45 People
PTW, a support studio that’s worked with some of the industry’s biggest companies like Blizzard, Capcom, and Sega, has laid off about 45 people, as first reported by Kotaku. PTW was previously called Pole To Win and its services include quality assurance, studio support, and localization. Last week, on January 11, someone with knowledge of the…
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Dead By Daylight Studio Behaviour Interactive Has Reportedly Laid Off 45 People
Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive has reportedly laid off 45 people, Kotaku has learned. The publication says those with knowledge of the situation at the studio said the layoffs only affected people at Behaviour’s Montreal, Canada studio, with those 45 affected let go last week, between January 9 and 11. However, Kotaku notes it was also told layoffs…
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Lords Of The Fallen Publisher CI Games Lays Off 10% Of Its Staff
CI Games, the publisher behind last year’s Lords of the Fallen and the Sniper Ghost Warrior franchise, has laid off 10 percent of its staff, as first reported by GamesIndustry.biz. The publication says its sources pointed to laid-off staff posting about the job cuts on LinkedIn, but has since received confirmation from CI Games. It’s currently…
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New State Of The Industry Report Provides Developer Thoughts On Layoffs, Acquisitions, A.I., And More
Introduction Last year was a fantastic year for games, with standout triple-A releases like Baldur’s Gate 3, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and great independent games like Jusant, Sea of Stars, and countless others. But in 2023 alone, more than 10,000 developers and people in games-adjacent industries were laid…