The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is coming up in March and more talks are being added day by day. Three new additions to the roster appearing at the event in March have recently been announced along with what they will be lecturing on.
Microsoft's legal counsel has responded to the accusations leveled yesterday by the FTC within the legal battle for the acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Microsoft thinks they did right thing did they? Imo you could've merge Activision into other sectors.
Apparently the layoffs were going to happen either way, and I'm inclined to believe it because Activision is beyond scummy. I'm instead wondering why Acti hired so many people in the first place.
i dont believe that for a second.
activision had their hands full with upcoming cod titles and current ones before the merger.
and mobile games ha
“Jason and Vince just got fired!” A lead artist shouted, as he rode in on one of the many small kick-push scooters that would typically lay around the studio. He quickly scooted away to some other part of the office space to spread that shocking message.
A friend worked there in production and was miserable due to working with IW and with ATVI. When he complained to his VP about it, he was told...be glad you have a job and are making games.
Sounds about right, but is also sounds like something Infinity Ward would say. They made their own bed and cashed in hard to do it. F em.
That sucks, but that’s corporate America. I mean, they could’ve turned down the money and leave to Respawn too. At least they got something, my corporation would’ve probably expected everyone to go back to normal.
daaaym
"oh we're running ur life? pff get over it, like honestly"
scum
Senator Elizabeth Warren has urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to "unwind" Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard after layoffs.
Oh look, the thing that we knew was going to happen is happing. Yes MS is the giant pile of **** we knew it was and now you've handed a huge part of the industry to them workers are paying the price.
Gamers got screwed with the sale of these publishers and now the workers are too, but hey a handful of very, very, very, rich people got stacks more cash from this deal and shareholders will get a nice boost and that's the only thing that matters to MS. Isn't industry consolidation great!
"Senator Warren took to Twitter to criticize the downsizing, reminding followers of her previous warnings against the merger. “I warned that this deal would hurt workers,” she wrote. “These layoffs are a stark reminder that corporate mergers are bad for workers. The FTC should keep up the fight to unwind this merger.”
Activision Blizzard employees have described the layoffs as a “bloodbath” on social media. Reports have emerged that Call of Duty developer Sledgehammer Games has lost more than a quarter of its employees. CharlieINTEL puts the percentage of Sledgehammer layoffs at 25% whereas Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming has heard it’s somewhat close to 30%."
Like I said this wasn't really good imo because things haven't truly changed there yet but we'll wait.
Gamers: "What the hell are the FTC and CMA doing? They need to let this whole thing go and just approve it, how sad are they to get involved for this long, they just don't quit"
*deal goes through, people lose their jobs, the rich get richer*
Also Gamers: "Why did agencies like the FTC and CMA not do something about this? It's the whole point of their existence, that's what they are there for and they couldn't even do their jobs correctly. This shouldn't have happened"
Before acquisition, FTC must block this deal because it's bad for CONSUMERS.
After mass layoffs in the majority of the industry
We were told several times that this deal was bad for WORKERS.
Perhaps having consistency would help the credibility of FTC.
Undoing the merger will just cause ABK and Microsoft to cut more positions. Undoing the merger at this point will financially damage both companies. A more sensible thing would be to push MS and other game companies to have employee unions and increased job protections.
"Activision Blizzard's Jorge Jimenez will share the developers first steps towards creating photo realistic characters for next gen consoles and hardware."
If Blizzard makes a new game for consoles ... that will put the icing on the cake for me. Just sayin'. Just sayin'.