Topic: project cancellations
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2025 Games Industry Layoffs: A Slight Dip, But Still Devastating
The video game industry is experiencing significant layoffs, with an estimated 9,175 job losses in 2025, a decrease from 2024 but still high, and a further 7,500 cuts are anticipated for 2026. Over 70% of these layoffs are concentrated in North America, severely impacting AAA studios and causing ...
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Ubisoft Appoints New Creative House General Managers
Ubisoft has appointed Julien Bares as General Manager of Creative Houses 3 and 5, which focus on live games and mobile/casual games respectively, leveraging his extensive industry experience. The company also named Thomas Andrén as General Manager of its new Creative Network, a central support ar...
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Ubisoft Terminates Assassin's Creed Developer Over Public Criticism
Ubisoft terminated a lead developer after he publicly criticized the company's new full-time return-to-office mandate, following an initial disciplinary suspension for his LinkedIn posts. The company defended the dismissal as a response to a breach of its Code of Conduct, framing it as an enforce...
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Meta's Multi-Million Dollar Push to Make Data Centers Cool
Meta launched a $6.4 million advertising campaign in late 2025 to positively frame its data centers as drivers of local economic revival and community spirit. Growing public opposition, focused on energy and water resource strain, has led to project delays and cancellations, prompting a coordinat...
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Microsoft's Data Center Boom Won't Raise Your Power Bill
Microsoft has introduced a "community-first" strategy, pledging to cover its full share of power grid strain to prevent increased electricity costs for local residents from its data center expansion. The policy also addresses water usage and job creation, promising to minimize water consumption a...
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Sea of Thieves Dev Shares Somber Response to Xbox Layoffs
Rare's production director Drew Stevens addressed the cancellation of Everwild and its emotional impact on employees, citing creative challenges and shifting priorities. Stevens emphasized supporting affected staff and acknowledged the broader team's distress, while expressing gratitude for fan...
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Ubisoft Testing Generative AI in Far Cry 7, Insider Says It Looks Terrible
Ubisoft is accelerating investments in generative AI for both internal development tools and player-facing features, despite early implementations reportedly falling flat. Generative AI is being tested in Far Cry 7 for research and development, but early assessments describe it as looking "like s...
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