Microsoft Blizzard Layoffs

Microsoft Blizzard Layoffs

Author: DiddiDoesGames/JayDimes February 5, 2024 Duration: 45:04
http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes Embracer Group, the company attempting to forge one video game publisher to rule them all, has just presided over another round of layoffs. Eidos Montreal is letting go of 97 game developers and support staff, the company announced today on X. https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/29/24054659/embracer-eidos-montreal-layoffs-deus-ex CES 2024 happened while we were away. The big kids at the gaming table tend to use their own events to announce their own devices. Microsoft isn’t going to announce a new Xbox in Las Vegas. Don’t expect a Nintendo Switch 2, either. That leaves the attention that is at the Consumer Electronics Show for the niche, weird, and decidedly enthusiast hardware. So let's take a look at the best gaming things announced at this years CES.https://www.inverse.com/tech/best-gaming-hardware-ces-2024 Blizzard has been through some stuff in the last couple of years and the last couple of weeks were no different. Here's what is happening at our favorite company to dish on.https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24049050/microsoft-activision-blizzard-layoffshttps://www.digitalspy.com/tech/a46558068/blizzard-odyssey-cancelled-microsoft-layoffs/https://gamerant.com/blizzard-president-johanna-faries-announcement/Halo looks amazing.https://www.polygon.com/23984110/halo-tv-show-season-2-releaes-date-free-youtube

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Pikachu ... WITH GUNS!!! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:34
... Labor strife in the video game industry. We discuss a pokemon wannabe as well as the future of micro transaction and oh yeah, another video game awards show and all the winners.http://www.joystickandmouse.comhttp://s…
2023 Year End [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:51
We're talking TV http://www.joystickandmouse.comhttp://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ Show Notes It's award season and although the big emmy show is in a couple of weeks, there is a smaller show known as the Creative Arts Em…
Video Game Awards Show 2023 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:27
It's all about the game show awards so lets get to it. http://www.joystickandmouse.comhttp://shop.joystickandmouse.com/ Show Notes The game show awards took place last week and , well it's as good as a list so let's run…
Ireland [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:16:47
Blizzcon returned and was epic again and we have all the details. IGN inadvertantly misses the mark and there were more layoffs in the video game industry. AND we have a list!!! Sort of. The video game award nominees wer…
Blizzcon 23 is Coming [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:52
A week after the merger clears Microsoft decides to kill a good deal of that good will with it's latest policy update. Ragnar has had his hacker license revoked. Bungie and is the latest developer with financial issues T…
Done Deal [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08:26
Xbox gets a lot bigger ... officially. Heads roll over Unity pricing debacle. Lots of people want to build something the Starfield lead quest designer leaves to work on a new game. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://…
Long Live The King [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:37
The king has returned. Epics force reduction is ... well ... epic. 3 strikes and your out and we have a new platform to stream to ... sort of.http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com https://www.p…
The Business of Video Games [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:10
We are going to focus a bit on the business side of video games today with a small detour into the world of will they ever learn with a dash of back to the future with XBox.
Gamescom 2023 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:04:32
It's all Gamescom this week. With the cancellation of E3 this year Gamescom became the big focus of the gaming world. We take a look at all the announcements and what got us excited.http://www.joystickandmouse.com http:/…
Best Games, First Half of 2023 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:31
I didn't write an introduction this week ... bad host. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com https://www.patreon.com/joystickandmouse Show Notes Netflix is kicking off the first public tests of…