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Activision Blizzard to cut headcount by around eight per cent following "record revenue" News Feb 13th, 2019

Activision Blizzard to cut headcount by around eight per cent following "record revenue"

Firm says development workforce to increase by 20 per cent

Bungie shows us what Destiny after Activision looks like News Jan 18th, 2019

Bungie shows us what Destiny after Activision looks like

"We're thinking about what it means to be truly independent, what it means to self-publish, and crucially, what Destiny's future can now look like for our players"

'Gig economy' workers union IWGB launches branch for video games employees News Dec 14th, 2018

'Gig economy' workers union IWGB launches branch for video games employees

"As part of the IWGB, we will have the tools to fix this broken sector and create an ethical industry where it's not only big game companies that thrive, but workers as well.”

Report: Blizzard cutting development costs in wake of Overwatch success News Nov 22nd, 2018

Report: Blizzard cutting development costs in wake of Overwatch success

Employees said to be worried about the influence the Activision portion of the business is having on the Blizzard side of things

Skybound restarts work on Telltale's The Walking Dead News Nov 20th, 2018

Skybound restarts work on Telltale's The Walking Dead

Former developers to return to complete the project

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds must be fixed as developers end Fix PUBG scheme.... oh News Nov 20th, 2018

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds must be fixed as developers end Fix PUBG scheme.... oh

Scheme to mend the battle royale title is halted

Nexon is funding Patrick Söderlund's new outfit Embark Studios Job News Nov 8th, 2018

Nexon is funding Patrick Söderlund's new outfit Embark Studios

We're sure the Korean firm is hoping this goes better than the last Western games industry vet that it bet on

Titanfall developer Respawn will have multiple games release by end of 2019 News Oct 31st, 2018

Titanfall developer Respawn will have multiple games release by end of 2019

EA conference call confirms that the studio has more than one project in the works

Edge Case Games is halting work on Fractured Space News Oct 29th, 2018

Edge Case Games is halting work on Fractured Space

"It's been an amazing and emotional journey"

Splash Damage is halting future development on Dirty Bomb News Oct 22nd, 2018

Splash Damage is halting future development on Dirty Bomb

Developer “can't financially justify continuing” live development of the F2P shooter

Mojang will make some of Minecraft’s Java libraries open source News Oct 17th, 2018

Mojang will make some of Minecraft’s Java libraries open source

Starting with the Brigadier command engine and DataFixerUpper update system

Paradox’ future strategy games should be easier to mod News Oct 16th, 2018

Paradox’ future strategy games should be easier to mod

Developer’s new engine will see a more robust set of tools for internal and external use

Ubisoft is looking for developers to participate in its third Station F incubator program News Oct 16th, 2018

Ubisoft is looking for developers to participate in its third Station F incubator program

AI and Blockchain startups encouraged to take part in the six-month program in Paris

Ubisoft’s Serge Hascoet: “You know what is missing in this industry? A soul.” News Oct 4th, 2018

Ubisoft’s Serge Hascoet: “You know what is missing in this industry? A soul.”

Chief creative officer doesn’t think games are as educational as they need to be right now

Gamescom 2018 - Control studio Remedy staffing up a third development team Job News Aug 22nd, 2018

Gamescom 2018 - Control studio Remedy staffing up a third development team

Communications head Puha hints at Finnish firm's work beyond new IP Control and CrossFire 2 single-player

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