Elder Gods. The Great Old Ones. Those things Metallica sang about a couple times. Yes, H.P. Lovecraft’s (opens in new tab) unique brand of horror has delighted fans for years–oh, did I say delighted? I meant tormented beyond comprehension. See, Lovecraft created an entire mythology (known as the Cthulhu mythos …
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Funcom said today that it will follow up a new round of staff cuts at its Raleigh, North Carolina studio by closing its Beijing studio this year and reducing its headcount in Montreal. In an update regarding its previously announced restructuring plans, the company said it’s in the process of …
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It’s been a fairly dark day for the video game industry today as three major companies have announcedlayoffs (opens in new tab)affecting dozens of people. First it was revealed that layoffs have hit EA’s PopCap casual gaming imprint with 50 employees reportedly (not official numbers yet) fired at the Seattle …
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World of Warcraft launched eight years ago, and MMORPGs still don’t know what to do with themselves. It’s no longer enough to just clone WoW, if it ever was, and the genre’s massive shift toward a free-to-play revenue model has developers scrambling to reinvent yesterday’s premium games as sufficiently alluring …
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