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Activision experiences layoffs

GameInformer reported that it was “tipped off” at some changes over at Activision regarding staffing, with reason to believe that the area affected is the Minneapolis, Minnesota location. Activision confirmed that layoffs had taken place, “As announced on our earnings call, our games for core audiences did extremely well, but the casual audience has not yet emerged on the next gen consoles,” an Activision spokesperson told GameInformer.


'FNAF World' now free

After pulling the game from the Steam Store, Scott Cawthon agreed that his game was released too early. However, instead of putting the game back on Steam, he opted to put the game on Game Jolt for a free download. He posted an announcement on Five Nights 4 to clarify about taking the game away from Steam: “I wanted to make a post about the fate of FNaF World.



Free For All: Worst Pokemon Designs EVER?!

Join us as the Free For All team discusses the worst Pokemon designs ever... of all time. Host/Producer: Dalton Martin Contestants: Jake Doolin, Emily Rueben, and Meghan Duffy Camera: Aidan Kearney, Kelsey Hayes Video Editor: Michael Robb Opening Graphic: Parker Eikenberry Graphics: Meghan Duffy Music used: Dustsucker by Jens Kiilstofte https://machinimasound.com/music/dust... Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)


Kanye West releases trailer for his new video game

Yes, you read that right. Not only is Kanye a musician and a future presidential candidate for the 2020 elections, he’s also creating his own video game about his mom being sent to heaven. The game is called Only One after a song he wrote about his late mother Donda West.