Destiny 2 fans are still reeling from the news that developer Bungie laid off around 220 people in July, or roughly 17% of its workforce. Speaking on an earnings call, Sony president Hiroki Totoki discussed the Destiny studio’s restructure in greater detail, stating that it came from a desire to “optimize overall studio structure.”
Per a report of the call posted to social media, Totoki said that the back-office functions of Bungie will be integrated into other Sony studios, and that the studio’s resources will be focused on Destiny 2 and the Marathon reboot. His comments would seem to indicate that Sony is taking a more-active role in the studio’s direction, making it a more-integrated part of the existing constellation of SIE studios.
Anyone who’s ever been told to “respect your elders” will now get the chance, as Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration commemorates the full 50-year history of the developer.
Atari has partnered with Digital Eclipse–whose last release was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection back in August–to restore and compile over 100 games from the Atari library into one package. The collection features games from every console Atari manufactured, including for the first time on modern consoles the Lynx and Jaguar.
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Read moreIt may not come as too much of a surprise, given that the Witcher 4 was announced as the start of “a new saga,” but CD Projekt Red has confirmed that it is indeed “thinking about” more games for the series, Eurogamer reports.
The new information came out in CD Projekt’s latest earnings report, when CEO Adam Kiciński was asked about the use of the word “saga” in the early marketing for Witcher 4. “Like the first saga was three games… we are in pre-production of the first game from the second Witcher saga,” Kiciński explained, adding that the studio is “thinking about more than one game.”
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