Twitch staff are concerned a third round of layoffs could hit the streaming platform, following 500 job cuts earlier this year and 400 in 2023.
That’s according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, which states Amazon paid almost $1bn for Twitch but it’s now making less money and engagement has slowed.
The company is set to have an annual operational review this autumn and staff are concerned more job losses could follow. Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy has led a profitability review at Twitch and shown little tolerance for unprofitable business, the Journal reports.
PlayStation live-service Concord won’t sell you a battle pass – would it be better if it did?
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Read moreConcord, the upcoming 5v5 hero shooter from Sony’s Firewalk Studios, is bucking the battle pass trend, with its developer telling players, “You own Concord, Concord doesn’t own you.”
Firewalk Studios announced the news in a series of posts on social media, explaining Concord won’t have a battle pass because it “wanted to focus [its] attention on making Concord a rewarding and robust experience on day one, where just playing the game, levelling up your accounts and characters, and completing jobs yields meaningful rewards.”
In a seperate post, Concord gameplay animation director Mark DeRidder wrote, “No Battle Pass, folks. You own Concord, Concord doesn’t own you.”
It’s certainly an increasingly unusual, if not unwelcome, choice in a world where it feels like…
Read moreHeroes of Might & Magic, Ubisoft’s long-running turn-based strategy series, is returning for an eighth mainline instalment in 2025, just in time to celebrate the series’ 30th anniversary.
Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era – which will be the first new core series entry in nearly a decade – serves as a prequel to the entire fantasy saga, exploring its origins across a non-linear campaign as players journey to Jadame, a “mysterious continent in turmoil” that’s been mentioned but never explored in previous games.
“Traverse a vibrant and living fantasy world full of wonders and dangers,” teases Olden Era’s announcement, “build magnificent castles, raise
massive armies and clash in epic and highly tactical battles of heroes and mythical creatures.”
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Read more The director of Silent Hill 2 has commented on the furore around some of the changes Bloober Team and Konami made to its reimagined Silent Hill 2 Remake, saying he “wants to try playing the even more immersive remake” himself.
In a thoughtful thread posted to X/Twitter, Masashi Tsuboyama said he’s “very happy” that the Remake exists, diplomatically adding, “whether it’s good or bad doesn’t affect the original.”
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