Business
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Meta are laying off over 11,000 staff, including some Reality Labs employees
"I view layoffs as a last resort," says Zuck
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Microsoft’s buyout of Activision Blizzard to get closer scrutiny from EU regulators
The European Commission feel the deal could reduce competition significantly
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Valve commit to updating Steam’s regional pricing more regularly
The company say they’re “keeping pace with economic changes over time”
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A Space Unbound’s publishing issues have been resolved “to the satisfaction of all parties”
Toge Productions still handling PC publishing, Chorus Worldwide taking over from PQube
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UK competition authority target March for decision on Microsoft’s buyout of Activision Blizzard
As Microsoft launch a website praising the acquisition as their "vision for gaming"
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Halo boss Bonnie Ross is leaving 343 Industries
The studio founder says she’ll be “attending to a family medical issue”
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WW1 Verdun and Tannenberg devs have been bought by Focus Entertainment
The studio’s next game, Isonzo, is out tomorrow
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Square Enix sink into partnership with "environmentally-friendly" blockchain firm Oasys
They join Sega and Bandai Namco as so-called "validators"
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Beast Breaker devs are closing due to lack of funding, along with their historic workers union
Vodeo Games had the first officially recognised game studio union in North America
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Tencent are working in concert with Ubisoft’s founding family after €300m investment
Tencent now hold almost half of Guillemot Brothers, the largest stakeholders in Ubisoft
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AeternoBlade 2 devs hit back at PQube over game's publishing rights
Corecell's are the second set of allegations levelled against PQube in the past month
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Publishers PQube accused of withholding money by a second studio
PQube have responded to the allegations made by AeternoBlade devs Corecell
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Microsoft's buyout of Activision Blizzard "could lead to competition concerns" say UK regulators
An in-depth second phase investigation will now go ahead
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Embracer Group complete acquisition of former Square Enix studios
Square Enix Montréal to be renamed
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A Space For The Unbound devs walk away from “predatory” publisher PQube
The pixel-art indie adventure has been delayed indefinitely
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Embracer Group buy the whole of Middle-Earth, plus seven more games companies
One gaming giant to own them all
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Unity considering $17.5b offer from mobile tech company AppLovin
The most popular engine developer at the ball
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Tencent reportedly want a bigger piece of the Ubisoft pie
The Chinese company met with the Guillemots in May about buying more shares
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Unity really stuck their foot in it this week
The ironSource merger and awful comments from Unity's CEO rightly slammed by indie devs
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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard buyout is being investigated by UK government regulator
The Competition and Markets Authority are on the case
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Blizzard acquire Spellbreak studio to focus on World Of Warcraft expansions
Proletariat have announced they will shutter their magical battle royale early in 2023
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Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is re-elected to the board for another year
Shareholders approve the proposed report into the company's anti-harassment efforts too
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New York City sue Activision Blizzard, demand to see company records
They claim Bobby Kotick was "unfit" to negotiate the deal with Microsoft