Yesterday, Kotaku published an investigation about crunches and dismissals in Naughty Dog. Her former employee Jonathan Cooper reacted to this. According to him, almost all experienced specialists really left the studio, which influenced the creation of The Last of Us: Part II.The Last of Us: Part II

In 2019, more than $4.1 billion was invested in augmented and virtual reality projects. This is less than in 2018.

The publishing house founded by Ilya Salamatov is responsible for the worldwide release of the three-dimensional premium platformer Biped on PC and consoles. The game is developed by the internal studio Tencent — NExT.

Unreal Engine developer has acquired another technology startup. Epic Games has announced the purchase of Cubic Motion Studio. The latter specializes in capturing facial animation in real time and integrating it into game projects.

Wanted: 3D environment artist at Larian Studios, advertising monetization manager at G5 Entertainment and game designer at SWAG MASHA.

The developer of Magic Leap AR headsets is looking for new owners. The startup has attracted investments of $2.6 billion in its lifetime. Now they want to sell it for $10 billion.

There are major developments in Activision Blizzard. The company has removed its president and concurrently chief operating officer. A Google veteran has been appointed in his place.

Lince Works Studio raised $3.4 million. Among its investors are the authorities of autonomous Catalonia. Previously, the developer released a successful indie game Aragami, which sold 500 thousand copies.

Due to the spread of the coronavirus, WN Media Group decided not to hold the annual CEO Summit in Spain. At the same time, the company announced the imminent release of a digital service for business communication in the gaming industry – WN Hub.

On March 10, Activision Blizzard launched a free battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone. During the first day, its audience exceeded 6 million players.

Custom Modification Service mod.io raised $1 million in the seed round. The money will be used for its development.

In Romania, there was a merger of two developers. A larger company, Amber, acquired the indie studio Scorpius Games.

A third of the games with monetization available in the Chinese App Store are at risk. They are not ratified by the local regulator, and therefore can be removed by Apple.

Another cancellation due to coronavirus. Apple has abandoned the planned presentation of new smartphones. This is reported by Cult of Mac with reference to a source in the company.

Isometric role-playing games are still successfully gaining funds on Kickstarter. In February-March, a new classic RPG in the Pathfinder universe attracted a solid $2.05 million for the service.

E3 may not take place this year. As stated by a number of media outlets, including Bloomberg, the organizer of the ESA event is going to announce its cancellation.

Activision Blizzard publisher launched Call of Duty: Warzone today. This is a free cross-platform battle royale. The company announced its new product just a day before the launch of the servers.

The GeForce Now cloud service started unsuccessfully. In the first month, Activision Blizzard and Bethesda left him. But now other major publishers are campaigning for the platform: Epic Games and Ubisoft.

All the gaming deals for the past week in one material.