EurogamerXbox isn't the only Microsoft division looking to massively reduce worker headcounts. In fact, Microsoft has just announced a "Voluntary Exit Offer" that will essentially pay staff to move in front of any potential layoffs and voluntarily leave their jobs. Read more
GematsuWarhammer Survivors and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun series developer Auroch Digital will lay of around 25 …
Rock Paper ShotgunHere's some upbeat news to end the day on (unless one of the other awful people working here posts something diabolical, once I'm done) - you'll soon be able to publish games created using the latest GameMaker tools for free on PC alongside web and mobile. Read more
GematsuSony Interactive Entertainment-owned Ghost of Tsushima and Ghost of Yotei developer Sucker Punch Productions has laid …
PC GamerAn employee buyout offer is reportedly being extended to roughly 60,000 Microsoft employees in the US, UK, India, and Canada.
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EurogamerLayoffs have reportedly hit Sucker Punch, the PlayStation-owned studio behind the Sly Cooper series, Infamous and last year's Ghost of Yotei. Read more
Rock Paper ShotgunStaff at Microsoft continue to recieve emails they'd probably rather not be getting. After telling some the other week of plans to mandate four days in the office starting in February and presiding over multiple rounds of layoffs at their gaming division Xbox, Microsoft are now offering volutary buyouts to 60,000, roughly 25% of their overall headcount. Read more
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GematsuThe final major content update for Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, which adds New Game+ …
Rock Paper ShotgunHow could someone do this to you, fruit, meat, and other foods on the shelves of this shop? You've been forced, in a horrific crime against the companies responsible for you, to reveal some details about how you were produced. No, this isn't reasonable information to offer a would-be purchaser, so that they can feel more comfortable and confident in knowing what they're about to spend their hard-earned money on. It's a bat signal for the anti-battery farming hate mobs and is robbing innocent foo
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Rock Paper ShotgunThe word "BioWare" does not appear in a recent Change.org petition asking EA to "save Mass Effect", which has gained around 220,000 signatories as of writing. The nearest the petition gets is an allusion to "recent revelations" that have "cast a shadow over its future", which is a remarkably gentle way of saying that the parent company shanked the creators to balance their books, after going into historic debt. Still, one can hardly reproach the petition organisers for not mentioning BioWare - a
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GematsuPublisher Dotemu and developer Tribute Games have released a new trailer for MARVEL Cosmic Invasion …
EurogamerThe nights are drawing in, which can only mean one thing: more bed. But also the impending frights and sights of All Hallow's Eve. Yes, the season of good fear is upon us again, summoning visions of cardboard box robot costumes and other, more devilish things. Read more
GameSpotHelldivers 2 has been a huge hit for developer Arrowhead and publisher Sony, but don't expect a third game in the series anytime soon. Arrowhead's chief creative officer, Johan Pilestedt, told Rock Paper Shotgun that a sequel would reset "everything" and force the player to "start over." He doesn't want to ask the community to do that, so Arrowhead will instead keep the momentum going with the existing game by offering new content. "Some studios can treat players like a short-term cash grab," Pi
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GematsuPublisher DreadXP and The Mortuary Assistant developer DarkStone Digital have announced Playable Archive, a free, …
PC GamerThe film seeks to explore Modern Warfare's "nuanced storylines".
EurogamerOne of Control and Control Resonant's most memorable stylistic choices is how The Board - an alien entity whose true nature is a mystery, and whose morals and motivations are never made clear - communicates with the player. Read more