Hiya and welcome to a brand new version of Patch Notes, our pleasant (and weekly) information roundup. That is editor-in-chief Danielle Riendeau subbing in for senior information editor Chris Kerr, who has been boots on the bottom at Gamescom this week, reporting from the present flooring and usually getting all the way down to enterprise.
It has been a busy week at Gamescom and much past, so with out additional ado, listed below are a couple of of the tales which have made the largest splash in the previous couple of days.
2K is ‘decreasing the scale’ of BioShock 4 developer Cloud Chamber
By way of Jason Schreier on Bluesky/Sport Developer // Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier dropped the information on Bluesky this week, reporting on layoffs at Cloud Chamber, 2K’s studio tasked with the following BioShock sport. The information got here a few weeks after Schreier’s personal report {that a} construct of the sport failed a writer evaluation, and workers had been reportedly fearing for his or her jobs within the aftermath. A memo itemizing the layoffs additionally introduced that Rod Fergusson would take over as Cloud Chamber’s studio head, a wierd mirror to the time he got here in in the direction of the tip of the final BioShock’s improvement to get it over the road.
Replace: Microsoft shuts down questions on layoffs and Israel ties at Gamescom 2025
By way of Sport Developer // Within the authentic story, your typical Patch Notes creator tried to ask a developer what it was wish to work with Microsoft throughout a turbulent time (given the corporate’s current mass layoffs, and controversy round its ties to the IDF’s navy surveillance company), however the firm’s spokespeople quashed the query. Ultimately, Microsoft provided extra of a remark, which you’ll learn within the up to date story.
Unknown Worlds information lawsuit towards ousted founders for allegedly downloading over 170,000 confidential information
By way of Sport Developer // The Unknown Worlds/Krafton saga has heated up as soon as once more, now with the conglomerate submitting swimsuit towards the previous crew leaders, saying Cleveland, McGuire, and Gill downloaded “substantial volumes” of undisclosed confidential firm data as they left. It is an more and more sophisticated story, damaged down step-by-step right here within the story.
Frost Large CEO Tim Morten says layoffs are potential after Stormgate underperforms
By way of Sport Developer // Reporting from Gamescom, Chris Kerr highlights a really candid dialog with Frost Large’s Tim Morten, acknowledging that its RTS Stormgate “underperformed” and the crew would possibly must contract because of this.
Has Tides of Tomorrow cracked the narrative multiplayer components?
By way of Sport Developer // On this characteristic from Tuesday, our senior editor Bryant Francis interviewed the crew at Digixart (creators of Highway 96) on the creation of their upcoming Tides of Tomorrow and its promising tackle narrative multiplayer.
