Ubisoft hopes 200 employees at its Paris HQ will agree to quit so it doesn’t have to lay them off the regular way

A week after Ubisoft announced a major restructuring that included multiple game cancellations and delays, and a warning that it will “selectively close several studios,” the company is now looking to eliminate 200 employees at its headquarters in Paris. “In line with last week’s announcements on its new operating model and the acceleration of cost-reduction…

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Microsoft says sure, it’ll hand over your encrypted data to the FBI: ‘The lesson here is that if you have access to keys, eventually law enforcement is going to come’

Microsoft has said it will provide the authorities with encryption keys for any Windows PC data protected by Bitlocker, where it has received a warrant to do so. The admission comes after the FBI served Microsoft with a search warrant in early 2025 (thanks, Forbes) compelling it to provide the keys for data held and…

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Microsoft says sure, it’ll hand over your encrypted data to the FBI: ‘The lesson here is that if you have access to keys, eventually law enforcement is going to come’

Microsoft has said it will provide the authorities with encryption keys for any Windows PC data protected by Bitlocker, where it has received a warrant to do so. The admission comes after the FBI served Microsoft with a search warrant in early 2025 (thanks, Forbes) compelling it to provide the keys for data held and…

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‘Ultimately, we could have made a different trailer’: Highguard CEO responds to that poorly-received Game Awards reveal

When Highguard debuted as the “one last thing” at the end of The Game Awards in December, the internet responded to the new hero shooter with a resounding “meh.” After the reveal, Wildlight Entertainment then went dark for nearly two months as it geared up for its late January launch. Official Highguard promotion stopped as…

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Highguard devs promise it won’t have gaudy crossover skins or bombard players with constant ads: ‘We want to leave you the hell alone’

After playing a few hours of Highguard at a hands-on event in Los Angeles last week, I don’t think it’s my next FPS obsession. I do, however, respect the stance its developers at Wildlight Entertainment are taking with their debut game’s business model. Highguard is free-to-play, it has cosmetic-only battle passes that never expire, new…

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‘We don’t need [player counts] to be super huge in order to be successful’: Highguard devs respond to posters declaring it dead on arrival

The developers of Highguard will be the first to tell you the reveal of their debut FPS could have gone down better. The trailer shown at the end of The Game Awards in December failed to distinguish Highguard from any other free-to-play hero shooter, and prompted a wave of cynical social media posts declaring it…

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