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Ubisoft shutters one of its Canadian studios just weeks after it officially formed a union

If you were among those hoping for the tidal shift of the games industry to move in favor of workers, this news is not exactly something that will fill you with confidence in that hope. Ubisoft Halifax, the studio that developed titles like Assassin’s Creed Rebellion and Rainbow Six Mobile, officially formed a union in […]
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AI adoption and defense bubbles forth from Arrowhead, Ubisoft, and Microsoft’s leadership

The war of attrition that is seeing c-suite and games industry leaders continue to pour AI into games and tech in spite of repeated pushback by developers and gamers continues. Today we’ve got a trio of stories from three different companies that are in different stages of AI brainworm infection because this stuff needs to […]
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Roblox’s CEO calls moderation problems ‘an opportunity’ and platform gambling a ‘brilliant idea’ in unhinged interview

David Baszucki, the CEO of Roblox, has been known to say some pretty outlandish things, but his recent interview with the New York Times might have ended up being a carpet bombing of poorly considered answers, as he tried to spin problems into “opportunities” and speak positively about tech additions that are anything but positive. […]
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Krafton heralds record-breaking profits and an ‘AI first’ focus in latest quarterly earnings report

PUBG and Subnautica publisher Krafton has said the two things that investor boards apparently love to hear in their earnings reports: profits are up, up, up, and it’s going to go all-in on AI. That’s essentially what’s being touted by the company in its third quarter earnings report for 2025, which has brought in record-breaking […]
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Square Enix lays off hundreds of workers, telling investors it’ll divert 70% of QA work to AI

Why let skilled quality assurance workers make sure game code is functional when an investment in AI can botch the work? That would appear to be the push by Square Enix, as it has told investors in a “medium-term business plan” presentation that it’s aiming to have QA work done by AI in the future, […]
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