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Ubisoft Employees Fear Layoffs After Tencent Deal and New Subsidiary Formation

Ubisoft Employees Fear Layoffs After Tencent Deal and New Subsidiary Formation

Ubisoft employees are rattled over the potential for mass layoffs—and they have every reason to be.

On Thursday, Ubisoft announced it is forming a new gaming subsidiary in partnership with Chinese tech giant Tencent. The new entity will house the company’s most valuable franchises, including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six along with select development studios. While the press release spins this as the start of a “bold new chapter,” internal reactions suggest that the only thing bold about this move is the level of uncertainty it has created for Ubisoft’s remaining workforce.

CNN Blames Gamergate for the State of the Modern Online World in Wild Historical Rewrite Propoganda Hit Piece Against Gamers

CNN Blames Gamergate for the State of the Modern Online World in Wild Historical Rewrite Propoganda Hit Piece Against Gamers

CNN wants you to believe that a 2014 online movement over video game journalism is responsible for virtually every controversy of the last decade. In its latest attempt to revise history, CNN frames Gamergate not as a call for transparency in media, but as the spark that supposedly ignited a digital wildfire engulfing everything from social platforms to political movements.

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Shawn Levy Appears to Be Moving On From Lucasfilm After ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’

Shawn Levy Appears to Be Moving On From Lucasfilm After ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’

Now that Star Wars: Starfighter is deep into post-production, director Shawn Levy appears to be moving on from Lucasfilm. Variety reports that Levy has lined up his next project at Netflix, Somewhere Out There, an original science fiction film based on a spec script by Max Taxe. The film is reportedly an emotional story about a grieving father who receives a message from the stars.