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ZeniMax Online Studios leadership to exit as part of Xbox cuts
There are major changes happening atop Maryland-based ZeniMax Online Studios, developer of the Elder Scrolls Online, Game File has learned.
Joe Burba, a 14-year veteran of the studio who was appointed to run it last July, is departing, alo...
47 revelatory hours with Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. All screenshots in the post captured by Game File.
To review this month’s supposed remake of 2013’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, I must first correct the record.
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resync...
Ubisoft warns of risk of releasing games too late, 'when market anticipation has waned'
Tracking the most notable changes in Ubisoft's new annual report. The company also cut a claim that micro-transactions can make games “more fun.”
Ubisoft appears to be newly wary of the pitfalls of releasing a game after its optimal releas...
Xbox cuts impacted 158 ZeniMax workers in Texas and 52 Obsidian employees in California [Update: 379 from ZeniMax in Maryland]
Doom: The Dark Ages. Screenshot: Id Software, Zenimax, Microsoft
Deep cuts in Microsoft’s gaming division have eliminated 158 positions in Texas across the ZeniMax group of gaming teams, according to a WARN layoff notice provided by state...
Xbox to cut 20% of workforce, plans to divest of five studios
Microsoft is cutting its gaming workforce by 1,600 workers today, with another 1,600 slated for cuts across the duration of the company’s fiscal year, ending on June 30, 2027.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma called the mix of layoffs and studio dives...
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