Embracer Group reportedly cancels unannounced Deus Ex game, lays off staff at Eidos Montreal

What you need to know In 2022, reports indicated that Embracer Group-owned studio Eidos Montreal was looking to bring back the Deus Ex franchise.  Deus Ex is a series of games in a  near-future, alternate-timeline cyberpunk setting, with the last entry in the franchise being 2016’s Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.  Per a report from Bloomberg, […]

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“Today, we’re a company without focus.” League of Legends developer and publisher Riot Games is cutting hundreds of staff, 11% of global workforce affected.

What you need to know Riot Games is the developer and publisher behind multiple games set in the world of Runeterra, best known for the MOBA League of Legends.  Riot Games is cutting 530 jobs, or around 11% of its global workforce.  The company is shifting to focus more on a specific handful of internal […]

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Xbox leadership addressed Blizzard staff for the first time today, striving to earn the studio’s ‘trust’

What you need to know Xbox recently acquired Activision-Blizzard-King for 69 billion dollars. The acquisition comes at a difficult time for Microsoft, whose gaming firm is lagging behind competitors like PlayStation and Tencent, and faces a battle for attention with companies like Apple.  Microsoft has been touring its new studios over the last few weeks, […]

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Apple to Host ‘Secretive’ Vision Pro Training Event for Retail Staff

Apple is planning to bring select retail store employees to Cupertino, California in early 2024 to learn about the Vision Pro headset ahead of the device’s launch, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reports. Gurman revealed details about the “product training event” in the latest “Power On” newsletter. Apple apparently recent sent a memo to retail employees asking […]

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Apple Retail Staff Drilled to Recommend iPhone 15 USB-C Charging Accessories at Point of Sale

With Apple’s iPhone 15 series launch potentially now just two weeks away, Apple retail employees are reportedly being drilled to emphasize to customers at the point of sale that the switch to USB-C means the new devices cannot be charged with existing Lightning chargers that they may already own. When customers purchase a new ‌iPhone […]

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Samsung is giving one extra day off each month to its staff in Korea

The world’s biggest memory chipmaker, Samsung, is revising its arrangements to retain talent amidst the gloomy semiconductor market. The company will start giving one Friday off every month to its staff in South Korea to instill the value of work-life balance among young workers. According to Bloomberg, this arrangement will start next week for non-factory […]

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Samsung bans staff from using generative AI after privacy gaffe

Samsung has banned the use of generative AI such as ChatGPT and Google’s Bard after employees in one of the company’s largest divisions reportedly uploaded internal source code to ChatGPT’s servers. The information comes from a Bloomberg report. Samsung announced the new policy with an internal memo to employees. It bans the use of generative […]

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Backlash erupts as Microsoft cuts AI ethics staff

What you need to know AI is a growing field of technology that powers several services, including Microsoft’s Bing Chat.  Microsoft has invested or committed to invest 11 billion in OpenAI research and development.  Microsoft has just laid off the team responsible for making sure AI was used in an ethical manner.  AI tools have […]

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Lionel Messi gifts 35 gold iPhone 14 Pros to World Cup-winning teammates and staff

Argentina won the recent FIFA World Cup, becoming world champions for the first time since 1986 with the help of Lionel Messi, and the team captain confirmed its deity status among Argentinians. The player decided to celebrate his teammates and staff that were part of the campaign in Qatar in an unusual manner. He gifted […]

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Maverick Games is a new, ‘AAA’ independent studio founded by former Playground Games staff

What you need to know Several Playground Games members, including Forza Horizon 5’s creative director, Mike Brown, have left the team to form their own studio. Maverick Games is a brand-new, UK-based, independent games studio focused on creating open-world, ‘AAA’ titles. The studio wants to empower its developers to take creative risks and be passionate […]

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Apple Hires Staff Ahead of First Retail Stores Opening in India

Apple has begun hiring staff for its first flagship stores in India, reports The Financial Times. Job listings for 12 store worker roles have been found in “various locations” throughout the country, indicating that Apple is almost ready to establish a retail presence in the Indian market. The job listings directly refer to the Apple […]

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Apple Holds Meeting With Retail Staff to Discuss Recent Unionization Activities

Apple is doubling down on its efforts to comfort retail employees and dampen any possible resurgence of active unionization in its 270+ stores by downplaying the significance of Apple Towson Town Center as the first store to unionize. According to employees who were present in recent meetings, Apple is making a “grass is not greener […]

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Samsung CEO taking big step in making staff interactions friendlier

Over the years, Samsung Electronics has been transitioning from a vertical, old military-style hierarchical structure to a more horizontal corporate culture to foster creativity and clear out hurdles that may impede progress. These efforts are ongoing, and in a new move to simplify things further and clear out unnecessary tension, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman and […]

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Elden Ring’s Meteorite Staff: How to get the best early sorcery weapon

While I was playing Elden Ring during the review period, I struggled immensely with early sorcerer gameplay. The spells were a bit weak, and my staff was relatively awful to boot, making me wonder what exactly I was doing wrong. Funnily enough, the game does offer a wealth of great items for Elden Ring’s beginner […]

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