Today's News
* Epic Games was recently involved in a new scandal regarding allegations of failing to pay royalties to the creator of the Hatoful Boyfriend following Epic purchasing the developer of it Mediatonic in 2021. The game's creator Hato Moa recently went on Twitter and revealed that he has not received any royalty check despite Epic continuing to earn sales off the game. Following Moa going public with his allegations, Epic responded to him on Twitter and stated that they would look into resolving he issue.
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https://twitter.com/moa810/status/1707541071205724413 ,
https://twitter.com/EpicPublishing/s...05501277253790 ,
https://www.destructoid.com/epic-is-...riend-creator/
* According to Kotaku, Naughty Dog was recently hit with a wave layoffs with around 25 employees currently believed to have been let go from the company. It was also reportedly that the developer is also currently dealing with serious issues related to the development of the multiplayer spin-off game for their The Last of Us series and it is currently on an "on ice" status following Sony diverting money away from the project.
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https://kotaku.com/naughty-dog-ps5-p...ffs-1850893794
* To continue the trend of today's bad news theme, Team 17 is currently rumored to be getting hit with a "significant" amount of layoffs following the recent departure of the company's CEO, according to Eurogamer.
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Originally Posted by Destructoid
Team17, the publisher of works such as Blasphemous 2, Gord, and Moving Out 2 has entered “a period of consultation,” meaning the company will seek to identify potential redundancies in the organization.
Eurogamer first reported that “significant job losses” at Team17 are expected, with the majority impacting the internal QA, and that company CEO Michael Pattison is leaving. Team17 confirmed that it’s “amicably parted ways” with Pattison in a statement via VG247 ...
Employees were reportedly made aware of potential layoffs in a letter following an emergency town hall. In the letter, the company reportedly praised employees for the company’s significant growth in the first half of 2023 ...
This past March, Team17 experienced layoffs impacting its art and design teams, via Eurogamer. If this current consultation period results in layoffs, this will be the second round this calendar year. In the report by VG247, an unnamed source claims Team17’s marketing department looks to be shrinking by a range of “20-30%,” in addition to the loss of around 50 QA department roles reported by Eurogamer.
Filling the vacant CEO role will reportedly be Ann Hurley, the commercial operations director for Team17. Pattison joined Team17 in 2021 after serving for over eight years at PlayStation.
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Link:
https://www.eurogamer.net/significan...team17-sources ,
https://www.destructoid.com/team-17-...lisher-studio/