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Ubisoft Lead Fired Less Than Two Weeks After Criticizing Company’s Plans To End Work From Home
2.2.2026
David Michaud-Cromp was previously punished with an unpaid suspension for publicly pushing back
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Steam MMO That Raised $3.2 Million On Kickstarter Implodes Just Two Months After Launch As Devs Resign In Protest
2.2.2026
Ashes of Creation is currently getting review-bombed as allegations fly
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Universal Basic Income Ideas Surge as AI-Linked Layoffs Rise
2.2.2026
Universal basic‑income ideas are being considered now that AI‑linked layoffs have become more frequent across high‑tech industries. In the past week, companies announced a reduction of 52,000 employees, many of them due to AI implementations that cut labor costs in the U.S. Universal Basic Income...
Frustration Inside Ubisoft: ‘This Is Probably The Most Embarrassed I Have Felt Working Somewhere’
24.1.2026
Some Ubisoft developers feel like they've been here before and they're tired of it
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Ubisoft Announces A Brutal New Restructuring With More Investment In Gen AI And Further Job Cuts
21.1.2026
The Assassin's Creed maker faces even more layoffs and big game delays
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Polygon Labs said to have laid off 60 staff following new $250 million acquisition
16.1.2026
Ethereum scaling firm Polygon Labs disputed reports of a 30% workforce reduction, saying role overlaps from acquisitions drove the changes while its headcount remains the same
Inverse ‘Divests From Gaming’ As Owner Pivots To ‘Next Generation Influence Company’
16.1.2026
The site laid off several games media writers as part of the move
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Polygon trims workforce amid $250M stablecoin payments pivot
16.1.2026
The restructuring comes as the company integrates new payments assets and narrows its mandate, with several employees saying on X that they were affected by the layoffs
Xbox Legend Major Nelson Is Unity’s Latest Layoff
13.1.2026
The departure comes amid the game engine company's ongoing identity crisis
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Multiple Meta-Owned Game Studios Hit With Layoffs
13.1.2026
Twisted Pixel and Sanzaru Games have been gutted according to laid off employees
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Ubisoft Follows Up Request For Employees To Lay Themselves Off By Doing It Itself
13.1.2026
The Assassin's Creed publisher continues restructuring scheme to keep costs down
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That Surprise Splinter Cell-Like From Last Year’s Xbox Showcase Might Be In Trouble
5.1.2026
The website of Mudang: Two Hearts developer EVR Studio appears offline, and reports hint at possible layoffs
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The 10 Biggest Gaming Disappointments Of 2025
24.12.2025
AI slop infected more games, cool stuff was canned, people lost their jobs, and other horrible video game news from 2025
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The State Of Xbox And Game Pass In 2025
15.12.2025
Xbox had great games in 2025, but everything else is bad, bad, bad, bad
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Amazon Multiplayer Game Reportedly Got 10x Fewer Players Than It Was Hoping For
9.12.2025
New report suggests King of Meat did not meet expectations
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Layoffs Are Approaching 1.2 Million, the Worst Since the 2009 ‘Great Recession’
8.12.2025
The data was provided by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas on Thursday, and may partly explain the recent bitcoin downturn. Layoffs Climb to a Grim Milestone: Nearly 1.2 Million…and Counting A Chicago-based outplacement firm quietly announced a rather dire metric that...
Dragon Age Day Comes And Goes In Complete Silence Just One Year After Veilguard
5.12.2025
This comes after a ton of internal strife before, during, and after Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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Burnout Paradise Director’s Studio Faces Shutdown After 12 Years
4.12.2025
Three Fields Entertainment's most recent game, Wreckreation, has struggled to build a playerbase
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Meta Plans 30% Cut to Metaverse Budget as Reality Becomes Less Virtual: Bloomberg
4.12.2025
Horizon Worlds and Quest are facing layoffs as Meta retreats further from its $70 billion bet on virtual reality, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg
Hard To Unlock Battlefield 6 Skin Seemingly Makes You Easier To Kill
3.12.2025
Also: Horses banned again, MLB The Show gets a mobile port, and more video game industry layoffs
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