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Bloodlines 2 studio The Chinese Room has bought its own independence, but also laid off employees for the second time in two months

As reported by Game Developer, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 developer The Chinese Room has bought its own independence from former owner Sumo Digital, but laid off an undisclosed number of employees in the process, bringing its total headcount to 55⁠. The management buyout was done with the help of venture capital funding, and…

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Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Paul E. Niemeyer

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Paul E. Niemeyer, who currently is displayed on card number 4113, from the Superstars of 2022 Collection.  Paul’s career started back in 1982 at Bally/Midway. Paul displayed his artwork talent on dozens of games like Tapper, TRON, Spy Hunter and of course Mortal Kombat. Paul has worked with many movie…

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Journey composer Austin Wintory played an unreleased song from his canceled ‘dream job of all time’ during the Game Developers Choice Awards, just to drive home that the industry’s doing great

“There are so many innovative games coming up that I can’t wait for,” Game Developers Choice Awards host Sam Maggs said Thursday night. That doesn’t sound like the setup for a spot of black comedy, but wait until you hear the names of the games Maggs rattled off. Perfect Dark? Canceled, as Microsoft shut down…

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