Day: December 17, 2021

Developers and QA testers at Raven Software, the studio behind Call of Duty: Warzone, have staged a walkout following Activision’s termination of several QA contracts. Activision laid off around 30% of Raven Software’s QA staff last Friday, after promising “positive departmental changes” earlier in March. Some employees even relocated to Wisconsin without assistance prior to the layoffs.

Today Raven QA, as a department, is demonstrating in protest of the layoffs on Friday. Raven QA's team is essential to the studio's day-to-day operations.

— ABetterABK

Posted on 2021-12-17

Ubisoft Is Now Selling NFTs Through New ‘Ubisoft Quartz’ Platform

Ubisoft announced it will begin selling NFTs through its new Ubisoft Quartz platform. Starting with Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, Ubisoft will start selling collectible NFT items that can be re-sold to other players on the Quartz platform. The company joins a concerningly large number of companies making ventures into the cryptocurrency-backed scheme.

Introducing Ubisoft Quartz

Posted on 2021-12-17

Enter the Matrix Dev Reminds Us of How Far Games Industry Has Come With The Matrix Awakens Demo

While we were all gushing over The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience, one veteran game developer was reminiscing about the time he developed the 2003 video game Enter the Matrix at Shiny Entertainment.

Chandana Ekanayake, now co-founder and creative director of Outerloop Games, tweeted that he’s having “fun” looking at the stunning Unreal Engine 5 demo on the PlayStation 5 and comparing it to his time developing Enter the Matrix for PlayStation 2 (it also released on GameCube, Xbox, and PC).

The new Matrix Experience in UE5 on PS5 is fun to look at and compare to my time working on Enter the Matrix on PS2. It’s come a long way

Posted on 2021-12-17

Ian Hetherington, Founder of Wipeout Studio Psygnosis (Later Sony Studio Liverpool) Has Died

Ian Hetherington, founder of UK-based developer Psygnosis and best known for the Wipeout and Lemmings video game series, has died. Hetherington was a prominent member of the UK video game development scene during the mid-80s to early 2000s and helped create several iconic titles for the original PlayStation. Wipeout series creator Nick Burcombe and composer Tim Wright announced his passing via Twitter.

Ian Hetherington… the man who kickstarted my career in games, and always had faith in my abilities, has sadly passed away. I’ll always be hugely grateful. My sincere and heartfelt condolences to his family.

Posted on 2021-12-17

NGHTMRE Announces First Solo Red Rocks Headline To Debut New Album

Though NGHTMRE has played Red Rocks plenty of times with SLANDER or Big Gigantic, he’s never headlined the famed venue solo. That changes next April with “INTO THE DRMVRSE.”

The show will be the debut performance of his debut album and upcoming tour, both of which we can somewhat safely assume will have “DRMVRSE” in the name. Tickets go on sale today — go to the link in the tweet below to access the pre-sale, password DRMVRSE.

A NEW CHAPTER OF NGHTMRE BEGINS NEXT YEAR AT RED ROCKS IN COLORADO ON APRIL 15, 2022

“INTO THE DRMVRSE”

Pre-Sale starts TODAY at 12pm MT (Password: DRMVRSE) https://t.co/4mTN7QGMs2 pic.twitter.com/sNI3FvsozX

— NGHTMRE (@NGHTMRE) November 15, 2021

This will be my first show debuting my new album & the upcoming album tour. We are working on a ton of cool installations & other stuff to make this show incredibly special. YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS!!

ALSO AHH IM HEADLINING RED ROCKS BY MYSELF FOR THE FIRST TIME LETS GO!!!

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