Smite developer Hi-Rez Studios cuts ‘senior management positions’ because after all the other layoffs, ‘the company had a lot of senior management in relation to our current size’

Less than six months after laying off an estimated 70 people, Smite 2 developer Hi-Rez Studios has made another round of cuts. But this time, rather than rank-and-file employees, the layoffs are focused on “senior management positions” near the top of the company’s food chain. The layoffs were first reported week by former Hi-Rez designer…

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RuneScape studio Jagex confirms layoffs ‘to reduce complexity, increase agility, and ensure we are fully focused on the areas that matter most’

Less than two months after releasing the open-world survival game RuneScape: Dragonwilds into early access on Steam, Jagex has laid off an unspecified number of employees. The studio says the vast majority of cuts are being made in “non-game development roles,” and won’t have any impact on the future development. The layoffs first came to…

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This Russian fishing sim is bizarrely popular on Steam but players can’t decide if they love or hate it, perhaps because of the $2000 microtransaction

I hadn’t heard of Russian Fishing 4 until PCG’s Wes Fenlon noticed it was weirdly popular on Steam. The game’s been available since 2018, launching on Steam in November 2021, and since then it’s steadily built a considerable audience over time: per SteamDB’s three year charts, it was pulling in around 7,000 concurrent players after…

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Check Out the Adidas x Minecraft Collab

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