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#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - featuring Activision Blizzard, Haley Uyrus, Klang Games, THQ Nordic and Ikinema

#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - featuring Activision Blizzard, Haley Uyrus, Klang Games, THQ Nordic and Ikinema

Each Monday, we collect the biggest stories and the hottest features of the week.

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1. Activision Blizzard says job cuts could have possible negative impact on financial performance

SEC filing cites the effect of the company's eight per cent workforce cull might have as a risk factor

2. INSIGHT: How effective were Failbetter's trailers for Sunless Skies?

Haley Uyrus - now working at Mediatonic as marketing and communications manager - tells us about the trailers for Failbetter's latest release

3. Meet Klang: the Berlin-based indie studio with ambitious MMO dreams

Co-founder and CEO Mundi Vondi talks building single-shard MMOs with the help of Improbable's cloud tech

4. THQ Nordic PR and marketing director Brock apologises for controversial 8chan AMA

"I do not condone child pornography, white supremacy, or racism in any shape or form. I am terribly sorry for the short-sightedness of my (!) decision, and promise to be far more vigorous in my assessment of these activities in the future"

5. Inside Track: Making moves with 3D animation tech firm Ikinema

Technical director Ahmed Elhasairi dives deep into its procedural animation technology and how to monetise your moves


PCGamesInsider Contributing Editor

Alex Forbes-Calvin is a freelance writer and photographer, mostly operating within the games industry. Over his career, he has written for the likes of MCV, Eurogamer, GamesIndustry.biz, The Observer, VGC and Esquire. That's on top of writing books for Dark Horse on RuneScape, Assassin's Creed, Dead Island 2 and more.