PlayStation Studios says it’s ‘reevaluating how we operate’, confirms cancelled games
PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst has said the platform holder is “reevaluating how we operate” as part of its decision to lay off 900 employees worldwide.
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PlayStation is cutting around 900 staff worldwide, around 8% of its entire workforce
PlayStation is set to lay off around 900 employees worldwide.
Sony lays off 900 people, with reductions at Spider-Man, The Last of Us, and Horizon studios
Sony is laying off 900 people, around 8% of its gaming workforce, outgoing president Jim Ryan has announced.
PlayStation You Owe Us: Why Players Are Asking For Cash Payouts From Sony
A new lawsuit sees many PlayStation players demanding cash payouts from Sony, and the company will now need to defend itself in court after the case was accepted. If the lawsuit is successful, these players could be owed up to £562 (approximately $711) depending on how much PlayStation content they've purchased since August 2016. A main reason for this is the pricing of modern gaming. In recent years, the price of games has increased significantly, with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X generation seeing the standard edition of AAA titles releasing at approximately $70, with companies citing far greater development budgets as the main reason.
Watch today's Pokémon Presents livestream here
Happy Pokémon Day! Today is the annual celebration of the Pokémon franchise, and once again there is a special Pokémon Presents livestream set to air — promising «exciting news».
Deutsche Telekom Shows Off Smartphone Concept At MWC 2024 That Relies Solely On AI, Runs Absolutely Zero Apps
A smartphone operating system’s popularity stems from its large app ecosystem, providing a massive repository of programs that can run on mobile devices seamlessly, but suppose all of that work was done by AI instead of applications that had to be downloaded through a dedicated store? Deutsche Telekom believes that in the future, smartphones will rely on artificial intelligence instead of apps for task completion and has collaborated with T-Mobile and Qualcomm to showcase a concept smartphone that runs just AI.
New EA Game Announcement Seems Imminent
The official announcement of F1 24 appears to be imminent, according to a newly emerged teaser from EA Sports. The next game in the F1 franchise is expected to hit the market come spring.
The Quarry and Dark Pictures Dev Supermassive Games Lays Off Nearly a Third of its Staff
Supermassive Games, the UK developer responsible for well-liked narrative horror games like Until Dawn, The Quarry, and The Dark Pictures Anthology is the latest studio to be hit with the layoff bug afflicting the industry. According to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, around 90 employees, which represents nearly a third of Supermassive’s 300-strong staff, have been laid off. Supermassive themselves acknowledged the layoffs via the following statement…