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You're Never Too Busy--Tips To Find Time For Creative Projects

Developer articles are great, but they're usually written by full-time devs and artists. What about the rest of us?! I'll tell you how to make it happen.

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Exclusive: Unity Software cutting 25% of staff in ‘company reset’ continuation

Jan 8 (Reuters) - Videogame software provider Unity Software (U.N) will target laying off approximately 25% of its workforce, or 1,800 jobs, the company said in a regulatory filing and internal company memo on Monday.

anast101d ago

They wanted everyone to move to Unreal 5 and GoDot 4.

UltimateOwnage101d ago

What a waste. And despite all of this cut and slash, their polices are doubling down on what led to all of this. They have committed themselves to bring a losing brand going forward. Good riddance. Maybe Microsoft will buy them out, they seem to have a lot in common.

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Unity Software to cut 3.8% of staff in 'company reset'

Videogame software provider Unity Software will eliminate 265 jobs or 3.8% of its global workforce and end an agreement with a digital video effects company founded by the "Lord of the Rings" director as part of a "reset," the company said on Tuesday.

ROCKY28142d ago

Ubi is soft and there executive group is trash

BeHunted142d ago

This has nothing to do with Ubisoft

shadowknight203142d ago

The percentage is lower compared to recent layoffs we been hearing. But still 265 jobs is quite a number.

Chocoburger142d ago

The executives make obviously terrible decisions, then their profits drop, and it's the work force that suffers because of it.

recoctimocassirnff141d ago

Exactly. It's never the idiot executives that suffer the consequences of their idiot actions, it's always the talented people that actually make the product.

Chocoburger141d ago

Indeed, imagine being a good employee, then losing your job because the executives screw things up while also paying themselves yearly bonuses.

Disgusting.

FinalFantasyFanatic141d ago

It really should be the executives that get their pay docked or miss out on bonuses for shockingly bad decisions, it's absolute BS that it doesn't ever happen (and then they blame everyone but themselves).

RaidenBlack142d ago

https://www.gamespot.com/ar...
Unity has announced a round of layoffs and the closure of Weta Digital, after it decided to end its agreement with Peter Jackson's Weta FX. The layoffs will impact 265 employees, a total of 3.8% of its workforce, Reuters reports.

Back in December 2021, Unity acquired a part of Peter Jackson's Weta Digital, including "Weta Digital's tools, pipeline, technology, and engineering talent" in a deal worth $1.625 billion. The remainder of Weta Digital remained under Jackson's ownership and rebranded to Weta FX, with the company maintaining an agreement to use Weta Digital's tools and services.

Now, Unity says it has terminated the professional services part of this agreement, which will result in the layoffs of 265 employees involved in the agreement. Weta FX issued a statement to FX Guide, saying it would be looking to re-hire as much of the Weta Digital team as possible. Unity will retain ownership of the tools it acquired, and they will remain readily available for Weta FX to use.

RhinoGamer88141d ago

I worked at Unity, super smart...super woke. John was a piece of old school work...how he survived so long is a mystery.

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10 Biggest Game Industry Disappointments of 2023

While the games themselves made it one of the best years ever, the game industry itself was just a whole other level of disappointing in 2023.

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VivaChe142d ago

How about the death of E3? That used to be one of the year's gaming highlights, now gone.

ChasterMies142d ago

My number 1 is crappy a.i. written clickbait articles from suspect gaming “news” sites.