It's not even March yet.
Electronic Arts joins the rest of the gaming industry today in announcing a huge number of employee layoffs. The studio will mass layoff 5% of its total workforce, which equates to about 670 people. Today's announcement from EA comes just a day after Sony announced that they were laying off 900 people across multiple PlayStation studios.
The latest on EA comes from a February 28 report by IGN. IGN says that a note was sent out to EA staff today....
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Electronic Arts Lays Off Around 670 People, Cancels Games, Closes Ridgeline Games
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- Published: 02-28-2024, 08:00 PM
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Electronic Arts Lays Off Around 670 People, Cancels Games, Closes Ridgeline Games
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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake Released
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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake Released
Comes with a 20% discount for the launch.
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake is out today, offering a slightly upgraded version of the much loved 2013 original. This release is published by 505 Games, developed by Avantgarden, and endorsed by Josef Fares.
Today's release is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG. ... -
Gas Station Simulator 'Tidal Wave' DLC Out March 21
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Gas Station Simulator 'Tidal Wave' DLC Out March 21
Tropical paradise is less than a month away.
A release date for the Tidal Wave DLC for Gas Station Simulator was finally revealed today by Drago Entertainment. This tropical-themed DLC will be released on PC via Steam on March 21, 2024.
Tidal Wave takes players to a tropical island. Enjoy the ocean breeze, appease the island volcano gods, rent out some surfboards, and keep the locals fueled up. Players will have to deal with shark attacks and the "wrath of the island's... -
Epic Games is Investigating an Alleged Hack
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Epic Games is Investigating an Alleged Hack
A ransomware group claims they stole almost 200GB of data, but have shown zero proof.
The ransomware group known as Mogilevich claims to have pulled 189GB of data from internal servers at Epic Games. The group claims to have obtained a slew of data including, but not limited to, "email, passwords, full name, payment information, source code and many other data." The group says that the "have quietly carried out an attack to Epic Games' servers."
Mogilevich... -
Nintendo is Suing the Makers of Nintendo Switch Emulator Yuzu
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Nintendo is Suing the Makers of Nintendo Switch Emulator Yuzu
Nintendo claims that Tears of the Kingdom was pirated 1 million times.
Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against the makers of the Yuzu emulator, Tropic Haze. In their filing, made February 26, Nintendo says that Trophic Haze knowingly and willingly let people pirate The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom over one million times over a week before the game was officially released to the public.
Nintendo filed the lawsuit in the US District Court of Rhode Island. In the... -
900 People Laid Off Across Multiple PlayStation Studios
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900 People Laid Off Across Multiple PlayStation Studios
Multiple studios across all SIE regions impacted.
Sony just laid off about 900 people across multiple PlayStation studios around the world. These 900 or so laid off employees account for roughly 8% of the total workforce for Sony Interactive Entertainment.
President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Jim Ryan, announced the layoffs to the public today. The public statement came after an email was sent to all employees informing them of the layoffs. From Ryan's... -
GameScent to Allow Gamers to Experience the Outdoors Without Going Outside
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GameScent to Allow Gamers to Experience the Outdoors Without Going Outside
Scratch and sniff without the scratch.
There is now a new way to immerse yourself in your favorite video game. GameScent is a new device that will "automatically release scents that correspond with gameplay." This is all apparently done without needing the game to be specifically developed with the device in mind. How does it do it? Would you believe it's done via AI? Because it's done via AI.
GameScent apparently captures audio in real-time, and thanks to... -
Horror Franchise Paranormal Activity is Getting a Video Game Adaptation
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Horror Franchise Paranormal Activity is Getting a Video Game Adaptation
Wait, there are seven Paranormal Activity films?
DreadXP is set to publish a new game based on the long-running horror film franchise, Paranormal Activity. DarkStone Digital is teaming up with Paramount Game Studios to create an "all-new interactive game experience" based on this franchise.
DreadXP says that they aim to bring the "groundbreaking found-footage style to horror enthusiasts in surprising new ways." This game "expands upon the lore... -
Warhammer 40,000 Invades PowerWash Simulator Today
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Warhammer 40,000 Invades PowerWash Simulator Today
Purge the unclean!
The new Warhammer 40,000 Special Pack for PowerWash Simulator is now available! This special collaboration comes to you courtesy of a partnership between Square Enix Collective, FuturLab, and Games Workshop. This pack of filthy 40K-themed content is going for $7.99 and is available for PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch.
This pack includes several different Warhammer 40,000 vehicles and machines to cleanse,... -
Stardew Valley 1.6 Update Releasing on March 19
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Stardew Valley 1.6 Update Releasing on March 19
The update will hit the PC first.
Stardew Valley fans have been eagerly awaiting news on when the 1.6 update for the game would be released. Developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has been working on this update for quite some time now. The 1.6 update was supposed to be a relatively small update to the game but it ultimately grew to be "a little larger in scope" than what ConcernedApe had initially planned.
Earlier today, Barone celebrated Stardew Valley's... -
Assassin's Creed Infinity to Feature Daily and Weekly Cosmetics
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Assassin's Creed Infinity to Feature Daily and Weekly Cosmetics
More details possibly leaked for Ubisoft's live-service Assassin's Creed hub.
In 2021, news about a new live-service project for Assassin's Creed was shared via Bloomberg. Ubisoft later confirmed that they are working on this new project and that it will be called Assassin's Creed Infinity. Back in 2021, it sure sounded like Infinity was going to be a new game, one full of "games as a service" style trappings.
Today, we know that Assassin's Creed Infinity is... -
Horror Studio Supermassive to Lay Off 90 Employees
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Horror Studio Supermassive to Lay Off 90 Employees
Up to 150 jobs are reportedly at risk.
Supermassive Games just announced that they are about to layoff roughly 90 employees from the studio. This comes after various consultation sessions where the conclusion being cuts had to be made in order "to ensure the continued sustainability of the company."
Bloomberg was the first to report on these potential layoffs and was quickly confirmed by Supermassive. Officially, Supermassive did not share the numbers on just... -
Foamstars Reveals Season 2 'Groovy Disco'
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Foamstars Reveals Season 2 'Groovy Disco'
The new season begins March 8.
Foamstars was just released at the start of February as part of the PlayStation Plus lineup, and already we're looking at information for the second season. Set to begin on March 8, Foamstars Season 2, aka "Groovy Disco," will offer up even more cosmetics, new modes, and a new character for players.
Some highlights of the second season include the addition of a new Foamstar, Coiff Guy. This character can be acquired by all players... -
Battlefield Game Director Marcus Lehto Leaves EA and Ridgeline Games
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Battlefield Game Director Marcus Lehto Leaves EA and Ridgeline Games
No statement has been made by either EA or Lehto.
Marcus Lehto is no longer working at Ridgeline Games, the studio that Electronic Arts created in 2021 to focus on a new Battlefield narrative campaign following the initial lackluster response to Battlefield 2042. Fans on the Battlefield 2042 subreddit were the first to notice that Lehto recently changed his Twitter biography.
Lehto's Twitter bio used to read "Game Director @Battlefield Narrative @EA" before... -
Warner Bros. Admits Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Flopped Hard
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Warner Bros. Admits Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Flopped Hard
It's not looking too good for Rocksteady.
Warner Bros. Discovery chief financial officer Gunnar Wiedenfels says that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League "has fallen short of our expectations." In other words, the game flopped and probably flopped real hard.
Wiendenfels admitted that Rocksteady's latest did not sell anywhere close to what Warner Bros. had wanted it to sell. The game was released on February 2 at a price that starts at $70 on PC, PlayStation...
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