- cross-posted to:
- gaming@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- gaming@beehaw.org
- Many of the staff cut will effectively be replaced by the AI tools they built and trained
- The London-based Farm Heroes Saga team is being ‘cut in half’ with about 50 people leaving, including key leadership
- One staffer claims employees are being targeted by HR for loudly expressing dissatisfaction internally
- King told staff it will present a new org chart in September after union negotiations. Many staff are now in limbo for the summer
- A recent internal survey showed morale at an all-time low – it’s now “in the gutter”
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This was always the plan.
What did they think was going to happen?..
Bonuses for enabling efficiency and freedom to work on creative projects?
At Microsoft/King/Activision? That sort of seems like going to the desert for a drink.
More levels to play through?
They’re now playing thru wholly new levels of job search!
People who make the software version of cancer get replaced by software version of measles.
FTFY
Wasn’t Candy Crush originally created by a lone dev and then copied by a company with a bigger legal budget than he had? TBH I’m not sure but I seem to remember this story from years and years ago.
Maybe it’s this story https://metro.co.uk/2014/02/13/candy-crush-saga-makers-to-sue-game-they-copied-4303096/
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Lol