Bobby Prince, the veteran composer responsible for the soundtracks to iconic games such as Doom, Doom II, and Duke Nukem II, has filed suit against video game development studio Gearbox Software, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, and video game publisher Valve, claiming that the cited parties used music he had composed for Duke Nukem 3D in the 2016 release of Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour without obtaining permission or providing compensation.
Blizzard Entertainment are currently working on an unannounced open world game, based on the latest information.
As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people
Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much
Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region
Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.
I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games
Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo
The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.
Saad from eXputer: "I'm glad I don't have to choose between Square Enix, Atlus, and FromSoftware due to bad release windows and Shadow of the Erdtree."