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Mobile spinoff Nier Reincarnation is shutting down in April
The free-to-play mobile spinoff Nier Reincarnation, which is set in the same universe as the hugely popular Nier: Automata, is set to end after two and a half years. Released in July 2021, Nier Reincarnation is a role-playing game (RPG) for iOS and Android with a story centered around characters…
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CD Projekt wants to use AI in development ‘but not replace people’
CD Projekt’s new joint CEO Adam Badowski revealed plans to incorporate AI into the studio’s development cycle and also offered updates on the upcoming The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 sequels. In an interview with Reuters, Badowski revealed that CD Projekt has formed a team to look at the applications of…
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Riot Games cuts 530 jobs and axes Riot Forge in major shakeup
Riot Games is making 530 staff redundant in a big shake-up that’s going to see the company refocus, axing their Riot Forge publishing arm and changing development to Legends of Runeterra. In an open letter to all staff that was published on the Riot Games website, CEO Dylan Jadeja –…
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Developers speak out against Global Game Jam AI sponsor
Various developers have spoken out against this year’s Global Game Jam (GGJ) list of diversifiers and sponsors which incudes two AI tool websites. A Polish game developer, Sosowski, took to Twitter/ X to voice his disdain over the latest list of diversifiers at GGJ. “[I] didn’t expect [GGJ] to be…
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One fan of The Crew is considering pursuing legal action over the game’s shutdown
YouTuber Ross Scott, AKA Accursed Farms, is considering starting a class-action lawsuit over the shutdown of The Crew – Ubisoft’s 2014 online-only racing game, which is planned to shut down at the end of March. As PCGamesN reports, in a video posted on January 18, Scott stated that he’s “sick”…
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Palworld director defends the game’s artists and asks that people ‘cease sending abuse’ to them
The director of Pocketpair’s open-world survival-crafting game Palworld has defended the game’s artists, and has asked people to stop sending them abuse and death threats. Palworld launched in early access on PC and Xbox Series X|S on Friday, January 19, and since then has sold over five million copies. According…
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