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Ruiner developer Reikon Games lays off half its studio
Reikon Games has reportedly laid off 60 to 70 people, equating to 56 percent of the company. According to Kotaku, layoffs at the Ruiner developer happened on 23rd January. These layoffs were to the surprise of its staff, who said they were “sudden” and “shocking”. To see this content please…
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Destroy All Humans Remake Developer Black Forest Games Reportedly Lays Off 50 Employees
Black Forest Games, the studio behind the recent Destroy All Humans! 1 and 2 remakes, has reportedly laid off about 50 people. This news comes from Kotaku, which learned from a source with knowledge of the situation that these layoffs were announced yesterday, January 24, and that more information about them would be provided next week. …
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Microsoft Is Laying Off 1900 Employees Across Xbox, Activision Blizzard, And ZeniMax
Update, 9:51 a.m. ET, 1/25/24: Blizzard president Mike Ybarra has announced he is departing from the company; he was not laid off as part of Microsoft’s 1,900 job cuts across its various gaming divisions, but the timing suggests the layoffs and his decision to leave are at least tangentially related. Here’s what Ybarra wrote on…
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Six Invitational Group Stage 2024
The Six Invitational 2024 Group Stage is the first chapter of the final tournament of the year, with $3,000,000 on the line. Featuring the top 20 teams in the world, here are our predictions & analysis for this stage of the competition. Best Six Invitational Betting Sites 10% CashBack as a Free bet Bet Insurance…
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Is Palworld actually any good? Of course not
You might have heard about it. Palworld is utterly gigantic, the first big mega-hit of 2024, and potentially the biggest game we’ll get all year, at least in terms of sheer popularity and players. And certainly in terms of the controversy and conversation around it at launch. If you’re yet to hop on board and…
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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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Video game developers union membership in UK increases as layoffs continue across the industry
Union membership numbers in the UK have risen significantly, following a tumultuous period in the video game industry (which still continues today). The Game Workers branch of the IWGB union – which aims to “end the institutionalised practice of excessive/unpaid overtime” among other goals – told The Observer it saw its membership numbers…
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CS Still the Top Esports Betting Title
Abios has published its ‘2023 Leaderboard’ report, showcasing the frontrunners and key statistics from the last year in esports betting. This data-driven report provides key revelations about the esports betting industry, highlighting the top-tier titles that bettors have been flocking to over the last twelve months. Abios is focused on ‘taking esports betting to the…
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League Of Legends Developer Riot Games Axes 530 Jobs Globally
Image: via Nintendo / Lazy Bear, Riot Forge Riot Games, the American-based developer and publisher behind insanely popular game series like League of Legends, has today announced it will be eliminating 530 jobs globally across the company. This equates to “around 11% of Rioters” and the biggest impacts have hit teams “outside of core development”.…
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Riot lays off 530 employees, will close Riot Forge: ‘We’re not doing this to appease shareholders or to hit some quarterly earnings number,’ says CEO
Riot Games has announced that it’s “refocusing on fewer, high-impact projects” to move “toward a more sustainable future,” and that means layoffs: Roughly 530 employees, representing 11% of Riot’s total workforce, have been let go. In an email sent to employees, Riot CEO Dylan Jadeja said that the company has made “a number of big…