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Dragon Age: Dreadwolf doesn’t seem to be coming out this year

It seemed like the release of the long-awaited BioWare RPG Dragon Age: Dreadwolf could finally happen this year, but the latest financial report from EA suggests that the game won’t be out before April 2024. It has been about eight-and-a-half years since the last game in the series, Dragon Age: Inquisition, was released. This fourth entry in the Dragon Age franchise reportedly had a rocky development before the current, single-player version of the game really got off the ground after the release of…

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor pays off the series’ long gaming history

I’ve played Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’s Coruscant heist opening multiple times at this point, and every time I play it, I can’t help but think about what could’ve been with Star Wars 1313, the franchise’s most infamous canceled game.  The idea of an Uncharted-like game about Boba Fett fighting throughout the Coruscant underworld is such an excellent pitch that I’ve grieved the loss of a game I never even had a chance to play for over a decade. Playing through Survivor’s opening doesn’t elicit feelings of…

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor: file size, release time, and preload options

One of 2023’s most anticipated games, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is almost here. This is the sequel to 2019’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, which continues the story of Jedi Padawan, Cal Kestis. Early reviews point to a worthy successor, and excitement for Jedi: Survivor is no doubt building ahead of its release. But what time does this game launch, what will its file size be, and what sorts of pre-load options are there? Here’s what you need to know about Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor release…

Lyft’s New CEO Will Reportedly Cut 1,200 Jobs

On Friday, Lyft CEO David Risher announced in a memo that employee layoffs are coming next week, marking his first decision since taking over the company only five days ago. A source familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that roughly 1,200 people will be laid off, accounting for 13% of the company’s workforce.Cops Pull Over Self-Driving CarRisher told employees that their managers won’t be able to provide them with additional information until next week, but said they will receive an email telling them

Meta Layoffs Begin and Even the Game Developers Aren’t Safe

Meta has once again taken up the scythe and struck a wide swathe of staff from its field of developers. The first in what’s expected to be a total of 10,000 job cuts at the company is expected to impact teams for Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and in the company’s Reality Labs division working on its virtual reality tech. However, CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s “year of efficiency” layoffs have also hit members of Meta’s gaming studios working on VR titles.Making the Facebook Papers PublicMeta owns nine separate game studios,…

How AI Is Building the Next Blockbuster Videogames

ChatGPT-like technology is being used to develop games faster and make them more interactive. ChatGPT-like technology is being used to develop games faster and make them more interactive. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the…

FIFA Maker EA to Lay Off 6 Percent of Its Workforce, Will Incur Up to $200 Million in Related Charges

Electronic Arts said on Wednesday it would lay off about 6 percent of its workforce and reduce office space, making it the first major videogame publisher to announce job cuts.Technology firms have led the latest round of layoffs as US companies brace for a potential economic downturn amid rising interest rates around the world.Meta Platforms and Amazon.com announced a second round of job cuts this month. Tech layoffs hit 63,000 in the first two months of the year, according to data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas…

‘FIFA’ publisher EA to cut 6% of workforce, reduce office space

EA CEO Andrew Wilson was approached by NBC Universal shortly after the Microsoft-Activision deal was announced. Image Credit -- Electronic ArtsElectronic Arts Inc said on Wednesday it would lay off about 6% of its workforce and reduce office space, making it the first major videogame publisher to announce job cuts. Technology firms have led the latest round of layoffs as U.S. companies brace for a potential economic downturn amid rising interest rates around the world. Meta Platforms Inc and Amazon.com Inc announced a…

Electronic Arts Says It Is Laying Off 6% of Workforce

Electronic Arts Inc. EA 0.99% said it is laying off about 6% of its workforce and reducing its office-space footprint to focus its spending on the best growth opportunities in the videogame industry. The maker of hit franchises such as “Madden NFL” and “The Sims” didn’t specify how many people would be let go or from which departments. In the middle of last year, it said it had nearly 13,000 employees. That would translate into around…

The Lord of the Rings IP Rights, Explained: Who Owns What

Image: Warner Bros.Warner Bros., through New Line Cinema, has held the movie rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit since the late ‘90s, after Peter Jackson’s movie plans moved from Miramax to it. As these rights are the ones licensed through Middle-earth Enterprises, these adaptive rights cover what we already mentioned—the use of names, events, locations, and so on. Warner in turn also owns the rights to those movies, and their specific imagery, for projects that can be set in the same world and continuity of