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CoD sales fell 60% — and Kotick says the collapse proves the Microsoft buyout was the right move. Does it?

Bobby Kotick claims Call of Duty sales are down more than 60% as he defends Activision’s $69B sale to Microsoft amid a lawsuit from Swedish pension fund AP7.

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'Don’t toil away on the things that don’t really matter': Peak creator says its rapid development cycle has 'proved that there are definitely different, but maybe better ways to make games'

Peak started as a game jam, but became a smash hit.

PC Gamer

Valve sends annual chocolates to Steam devs who earn roughly $800,000, and before Peak the folks at Aggro Crab got pretty sick of looking across the hall to see the Slay the Spire team open Gaben candy every year

"Every year they got f***ing chocolates that we didn't"

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3 years after a $26,000 labor settlement with a Nintendo contracting firm, NOA is again accused of infringing unionization rights alongside another firm in new complaint

Nintendo of America and Teksystems are accused of violating two parts of the National Labor Relations Act

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Netflix sells the studio behind Cozy Grove back to its original owners, freeing the studio to bring its mobile life sim to other platforms

Spry Fox is an indie once again.

PC Gamer

Fallout co-creator and RPG mastermind Leonard Boyarsky could smack his former self "upside the head" for past comments on AI – and no, Obsidian isn't "using it at all"

Oh, how times have changed

GamesRadar

Assassin's Creed Shadows devs only found the confidence to rally against its "loudest haters" when Ubisoft realized "We had to stop focusing on those who hated us"

"Our goal is really to be able to ensure that our fans discover and defend what they expect from our games"

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'Assassin's Creed' Rumor Claims New Game Set in America Was Canceled Due to Politics

An Assassin's Creed game would have been set in America and fight against the KKK, but it ultimately got canceled.

Player One

Ubisoft reportedly cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set around the American Civil War because of Yasuke backlash and political turmoil in the US

The game was meant to take primarily during the Reconstruction era, and would have featured a Black assassin confronting the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan.

PC Gamer

"It's going to get worse before it gets better": $55 billion buyout has EA employees worried, and "nothing feels great" as "layoffs usually follow those type of acquisitions"

"If better is even possible"

GamesRadar

Ubisoft says it has creative control over the Assassin's Creed Mirage DLC, which is set in Saudi Arabia, was announced in Saudi Arabia, and which even employees fear might be funded by Saudi Arabia

"This title update to Assassin’s Creed Mirage was made possible thanks to the support of local and international organizations"

GamesRadar

A Roblox farming game made by a teenager 'in like three days' had 8.9 million players online at the same time—Steam peaked at 11.5 million across all games on the same day

Grow a Garden's popularity on TikTok and YouTube suggests it's not bots.

PC Gamer

Expect more improvements to the PlayStation Portal experience as Sony plans "incremental steps" to make game streaming better

Sony executive promises "incremental steps" to improve PlayStation Portal's game streaming experience.

TechRadar

Plague Inc's city-building sequel is "more happy and optimistic" than its predecessor, even if its creator thinks its $2 price tag is a "huge gamble"

"There is still an appetite for intelligent, sophisticated strategy games on mobile"

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Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer plays coy about Black Myth: Wukong on Xbox

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has been asked about whether or not Xbox players will get to play Black Myth: Wukong.

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Marvel's Wolverine reportedly loses its creative director to Xbox's Perfect Dark as Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart leads step up to fill the void

The Ratchet & Clank leads also worked on Marvel's Spider-Man 2

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Star Wars Outlaws sales aren't great, now it hits Steam in November with its first "fairly meaty" DLC, and the devs promise "multiple" free updates

Wild Card lands in November

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Microsoft is reportedly laying off a further 650 people from its gaming staff, 7 months after cutting 1,900 roles across ZeniMax, Xbox, and Activision Blizzard

Microsoft previously announced around 1,900 layoffs in late January

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Viral $10,000+ Summer Game Fest billboard paying respects to fallen Hi-Fi Rush and Redfall studios nearly put Xbox boss Phil Spencer on blast, but "it's about the people, our friends who got laid off"

The tribute is "way cooler than just throwing up an ad for one of our games," says the CEO of the publisher behind it

Tom’s Hardware

Xbox chief Phil Spencer reaffirms commitment to physical media despite brick-and-mortar abandonment, Game Pass success

Phil Spencer, head of Xbox at Microsoft, discusses Xbox's continued commitment to physical games while still doing all they can to target cloud gaming and digital distribution, where the majority of their game sales reside.

Windows Central

Xbox head Phil Spencer says Call of Duty IS coming to Game Pass, and Microsoft will continue to support physical discs

Speaking on a number of topics, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer confirmed that Call of Duty will be coming to Xbox Game Pass.

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