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Myst maker Cyan Worlds has made layoffs The studio behind Myst and Riven, Cyan Worlds, has halved its headcount.  In a  Twitter post , the developer’s leadership wrote that it had been forced to cut 12 jobs due to “industry conditions.” The studio’s management added that it had been transparent with its staff, so while the layoffs are “deeply saddening,” they are not a surprise to the workers impacted.  “Industry conditi…

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Former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida has said the Nier Automata played a role in breathing new life into the Japanese games industry.  Speaking to AV Watch – as translated by Genki – the former studios chief said that the game helped that market realise that local studios realised that their titles could in fact be popular outside of Japan. Yoshida argues that Japanese games de…

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