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Read More »Club Penguin staff cut by Disney
A series of job cuts has been made throughout Disney Interactive, specifically the team behind kids games platform Club Penguin. Castanetclaims that multiple sources have reported layoffs across at least three branches of the company, due to low membership numbers and poor performance from the once popular property. The report …
Read More »Ex-Lionhead boss to oversee Xbox and HoloLens games
John Needham heads to US for his new position at Microsoft's HQ
Read More »Gears of War cinematics director joins Black Tusk
Greg M. Mitchell follows popular franchise to new Microsoft studio
Read More »Ron Moravek quits Nexon XP
Relic co-founder declines to comment on sudden departure
Read More »Jack Attridge leaves 22Cans for indie development
Godus co-creator felt like “an advisor” at Molyneux’s studio and is ready to run his own projects
Read More »Borderlands creator Matthew Armstrong leaves Gearbox
Developer is “ready to make something new”
Read More »Microsoft confirms Phil Harrison departure
Xbox exec departs after three years at the company
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Read More »DeNA cuts jobs at North American studios
Japanese publisher DeNA has laid of an unspecified but reportedly significant number of employees in the US. Most of the layoffs appear to be from its Vancouver development studio, according toVentureBeat. However, the site’s sources also suggest the firm has laid off dozens” from its San Francisco office as well. …
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