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Sega ‘Honoured’ Xbox And Others Want To Acquire It, But It’s Not For Sale
Sega is flattered by acquisition offers from the likes of Xbox and other major publishers, but isn’t interested in a buy out (right now).
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The Next Big Wave Of Video Game Layoffs Is Here
Despite a booming job market overall, 2023 kicked off with the biggest tech companies laying off thousands of employees. Cuts at Microsoft hit Halo Infinite devs at 343 Industries and other game teams across the company, including at Bethesda. Months later, layoffs are continuing across other pockets of the video game industry, impacting major companies…
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Angry Birds Game Pulled From Store In The Worst Way
Rovio Games announced yesterday that it will remove the paid version of the app from the Google Play Store “due to the game’s impact on our wider games portfolio” Thursday, February 23. The studio’s other games are all free-to-play titles featuring microtransactions while the original Rovio Classics: Angry Birds just features one price paid upfront.…
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Angry Birds Meets Iron Maiden For Some Reason
Angry Birds Evolution, the odd adult-aimed offshoot of the series that spawned an animated kids film, gets a little bit stranger on October 18, when a bird based on the undead mascot of venerable metal band Iron Maiden arrives in the game. Huh.