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More than half of laid-off respondents remained unemployed, with roughly a quarter reporting at least 100 job applications.
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Nvidia’s CFO will keep her day job while serving as interim CEO during the search for a permanent successor.
Gaming
Resident Evil Requiem reportedly wins Ultimate Game of the Year and Best Console Game.
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The employee-owned team is planning Danger Pay, a single-player FPS inspired by Smash TV and The Running Man.
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Jacek Rozenek approved AI adjustments to his new Polish dialogue to help it match his older Geralt performances.
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Black Forest Games’ leaders bought the studio and are co-founding Third Signal, with more THQ Nordic collaboration still planned.
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The Digital Fairness Act draft would bar paid loot boxes for under-18s and make subscriptions easier to escape.
Technology
The Commission’s Digital Fairness Act proposal targets subscription traps, deceptive sales tactics and addictive features, but isn’t law yet.
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A Fortis Games employee says Las Vegas Sands ended funding, according to Insider Gaming.
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PlayStation says Haven will support other studios, with no job cuts resulting from the cancellation, Bloomberg reports.
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PlayStation says GTA 6 tops its store's preorder history ahead of its advertised November 19 launch.
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The publisher expects a roughly €21 million extraordinary loss, with no set date for completing the studio’s liquidation.
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House House says it used LLMs sparingly, as some IGF jurors refuse to vote for games using generative AI.
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Kotaku reports a design director was laid off four months after celebrating Paramount’s dark academia RPG.
Gaming
The cuts follow 23 layoffs in March; Tripwire says work continues on Maneater 2 and Killing Floor 3.
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Bit Reactor employees report job losses, but the total cuts and impact on recalled staff remain unclear.
Technology
Silver Lake already owns 8% of the game engine maker; no acquisition agreement has been reached.
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The console reportedly leads the original Switch and PlayStation 5 by over six million units at launch-aligned points.
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Tripwire Interactive's new initiative is designed to help indie developers bring their games to a wider audience.
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The French union says Xbox imposed a 19-month hiring ban and fears Arkane may close despite Blade's progress.