Tag: jason schreier
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Volt’s Treatment of Quality Assurance Teams is Still Miserable
Jason Schreier spoke with 11 people who worked at Treyarch about the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 development cycle: They described a company in which contractors, and particularly testers, feel like they’re perceived and treated as inferior. Throughout Black Ops 4’s rocky development, testers said they worked under unfair conditions—a theme that’s common in…
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Red Dead Redemption 2, Games Labor, and Dan Houser’s Office
Red Dead Redemption 2 is out today, it’s another game that doesn’t understand that a bigger number means sequel because this is Rockstar Games’ prequel to Red Dead Redemption. Not Red Dead 1, that was a different game called Red Dead Revolver which as near as I can tell almost nobody played but impressed somebody enough…
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Microsoft Is Buying Obsidian
Jason Schreier has the scoop: Microsoft is finalizing a deal to acquire the independent development studio Obsidian Entertainment, according to three people briefed on the negotiations. We don’t know if ink is on paper yet, and plenty of major acquisition deals have fallen apart in the final hours, but those close to the companies believe…
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Gaming Layoffs
Jason Schreier has this article with anecdotes from various layoffs in the game industry.