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Back in July, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced a total of 3,200 job cuts across Microsoft’s gaming arm, with roughly half of those cuts being made alongside that announcement. The impact was vast. Various developers at Xbox studios, including Activision, Bethesda, Id Software, Blizzard, Mojang, and King suffered layoffs. Double Fine and Compulsion were…

Developers of October 6’s Gears of War: E-Dayhave told Eurogamer they fear for their jobs as soon as the game is released. Microsoft-owned studio The Coalition has so far emerged pretty unscathed from this year’s brutal rounds of Microsoft gaming layoffs, but following the loss of the game’s story director, Juan Vaca, two weeks ago, and the…

Sony Interactive Entertainment is reportedly surveying developers to find out their thoughts on the decision to end disc support for its PlayStation console.

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According to leaker MLID, Sony has surveyed game developers on its disc-killing plan, suggesting they may consider a shocking reversal.

Auckland will host the New Zealand Game Developers Conference for the first time in nearly a decade, as New Zealand’s game development sector reaches NZD $1 billion in revenue.

The Reddit thread that sparked the discussion already has a rather telling title: “Wardogs has shown me that no matter how good the devs are? Hacking is becoming worse.” What makes it particularly interesting is that the thread’s creator, u/Guitarshredder_1996, explicitly praises the Wardogsdevelopers. That makes his observation all the more sobering: Despite an apparently…

Roblox has announced a major shift in how its creator-made games reach players. At this year’s Roblox Developers Conference, the company unveiled “Roblox Everywhere,” an initiative that will let developers publish their games as standalone apps across mobile, PC, and consoles. This means makers of hits like Steal an Egg and Welcome toBloxburg could soon…

The “Roblox Everywhere” initiative is set to allow creators to distribute their games across mobile, PC, and console platforms.

Nexon has announced the upcoming title FAREIDOLIA. Previously known as “Project RX,” the game has now received its official title, alongside new details about the setting and characters. Note that some of the names and in-game terminology in this article are not official translations.