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Xbox Hit by Layoffs on Anniversary of Activision Blizzard Announcement

- January 18, 2023

Amidst news of a mass layoff of 10,000 people at Microsoft , a number of employees at Xbox Game Studios The Coalition, 343 Industries, and Bethesda are learning their jobs are being impacted. According to reports at Bloomberg and Kotaku , a number of developers at the three Xbox studios were informed today that their positions were being elimintated. In total, 878 positions are being impacted immediately in Washington across all of Microsoft, while further layoffs are expected through March. Specifically, layoffs hit The Coalition (which is responsible for the Gears franchise as well as an upcoming new IP), 343 Industries (which has been working on ongoing support for Halo Infinite), and Bethesda (working on the upcoming Starfield). It is not yet clear specifically how the layoffs impacted any of these projects, or how many people from each studios were affected. In a blog post alongside the layoffs, CEO Satya Nadella noted that the layoffs represented less than 5% of Microsof...

John Carpenter Hints at an Upcoming Dead Space Film, But He's Not Involved

- January 13, 2023

Horror film legend John Carpenter really, really loves Dead Space. The director of The Thing, Halloween, and Escape From New York has talked about it extensively in the past. And amidst his love of the series, Carpenter may have just inadvertently teased a film adaptation before it was ever officially revealed. In an interview with Variety, the publication nudged Carpenter on his past remarks about wanting to make a Dead Space film. In response, Carpenter backpedaled pretty significantly on the idea that he might be involved, but at the end let slip that "another director" was involved...implying such a thing exists in the first place. "I’m a big video game fan, so I played all the [Dead Space] games," Carpenter said. "I was down looking at the new digital cameras, the RED, and happened to mention to them that I would love to do a 'Dead Space' film. That just went around, and everybody said, 'Oh, when are you gonna do it?' I’m not gonna d...