Deals and Layoffs

10+ hour, 21+ min ago   (362+ words) A new wave of layoffs has hit the gaming industry, with Supermassive Games reportedly letting go of more than 70 members of staff across a number of departments. According to one member of staff, these layoffs include developers, artists, producers, and…...

8+ hour, 53+ min ago   (568+ words) Supermassive Games shrinks to survive Supermassive Games, the studio behind the original Until Dawn as well as the Dark Pictures anthology, recently confirmed it would be cutting some jobs in order to keep the company alive, and it seems the…...

11+ hour, 27+ min ago   (365+ words) Official proceedings begin at midnight tonight, but that doesn't mean there aren't any early offers to take advantage of. Amazon itself has been running early Prime Day discounts on a number of PS5 games and accessories in the lead up to…...

7+ hour, 16+ min ago   (555+ words) What’s better than a great board game? One you didn’t pay full price for - this list of deals can help with that. Another set of Amazon Prime deals have appeared, and there's plenty of good eating for tabletop fans. Wargamer…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (362+ words) Xbox is combining studios and shifting major franchises between publishing groups as another 268 roles are eliminated across its first party business. The latest reset puts Rare and World’s Edge under Activision, Obsidian under Bethesda, and combines Playground Games with Turn…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (271+ words) On Friday, Microsoft announced that it was permanently closing all of its physical retail stores. The software giant says that it will focus its efforts on its online storefront at Microsoft.com. Microsoft has operated physical retail stores for about…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (426+ words) Cuts were made across divisions, including positions in communications, marketing, A&R, label partnerships and admin. That includes senior roles at the label, with at least one with a vice president title and another with a senior manager title Universal…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (725+ words) How the company known for building almost went bankrupt and came back by building less. A decade later, The Lego Movie came to be the same way, as a licensed partnership with a film studio, not an internal production arm....

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (188+ words) OpenCritic Not too long ago, Xbox announced that it was restructuring its development studios, with several teams preparing to leave the company Among them was Undead Labs, the developer behind the rather enjoyable State of Decay games At the time,…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (220+ words) OpenCritic XBOX had already gone through one massive round of restructuring earlier this year, resulting in thousands of layoffs, studios being sold off, and plenty of uncertainty surrounding Microsoft’s gaming business At the time, Microsoft positioned those changes as…...