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ZeniMax QA staff strike over return-to-office policy

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ZeniMax QA staff strike over return-to-office policy Quality assurance staff at ZeniMax Studios went on strike earlier this week in protest of the company’s lack of remote work options.  The Communication Workers of America (CWA) said that this was due to a lack of progress when it came to negotiations between the union and Microsoft on a few key subjects; lack of remote work options and ZeniMax replacing QA staff with contractors. This follow…

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PC and console sales down 46% at Embracer

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PC and console sales down 46% at Embracer Swedish games firm Embracer Group has reported a 46 per cent decline in PC and console net sales for the second quarter of the year.  This division brought in SEK 2.12 billion ($192 million) for the three months ending September 30th, by far the biggest loss of any single arm at the company. Embracer says that its roster for the quarter was thin as it was, but what PC and console titles did…

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ADL research finds 1.8m instances of hate or extremist content on Steam

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ADL research finds 1.8m instances of hate or extremist content on Steam The Anti-Defamation League has claimed that Valve allows “the proliferation of hate” on Steam.  In a new report – spotted by Eurogamer – the organisation said that it had found over 1.8 million “unique instances” of extremist or hate content across the PC platform. Over 1.5 million users and 73,824 groups had used “at least one potentially extremist or hateful symbol, copypasta o…

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Netmarble’s action RPG Solo Leveling: Arise is celebrating its six-month anniversary with over 50 million installs across PC and……

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Ubisoft hires HR industry vet Froidefond as chief people officer

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Ubisoft hires HR industry vet Froidefond as chief people officer French games giant Ubisoft has hired Sébastien Froidefond as its new chief people officer.  They will be starting on November 20th and will be reporting into Cécile Russeil, the company’s EVP of comms, corporate affairs, DEI, accessibility, HR and legal.  Froidefond has worked in the human resources industry for over 30 years, most recently as HR lead for the Americas for…

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Ruckus Games lands $19m Series A funding round

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Ruckus Games lands $19m Series A funding round US developer Ruckus Games has secured $19 million in Series A funding.  The investment was led by Korean games firm Krafton, with Bitkraft Ventures, Transcend, and Hypergryph also chipping, and is going to be funding the studio’s debut title. Said project is a co-op shooter.  Ruckus was founded by veterans of Gearbox and Riot Games back in 2021. The creative director on Borderlands 3, P…

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Xbox still interested in M&A opportunities

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Xbox still interested in M&A opportunities Microsoft still has an interest in further mergers and acquisitions for its games business.  That’s according to Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who told Bloomberg that the Big M was interested in expanding its games business again. The exec did say that there was nothing “imminent” to be announced, adding that it might not be interested in larger deals due to the firm still working to absorb Activi…