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WWE, NBA and Lego 2K Drive developers reportedly hit by second wave of layoffs in less than six months
Visual Concepts Austin, the 2K Games studio behind sports franchises including WWE and NBA, as well as last year’s kart racing game Lego 2K Drive, has reportedly laid off a number of employees. The cuts come fewer than six months after the last round of layoffs at the Texas outlet.
Xbox Game Pass’s second May wave includes Planet of Lana
A new wave of basketball movies is aimed at expert-level fandom
Ben Affleck’s Air, Adam Sandler’s Hustle, and a courtful of new sports dramas focus on a bigger picture
Nigeria is Sharing the Next Wave of Bodybuilding Stars
AMD is quietly arming an entire new wave of Steam Deck competitors
You’ve obviously heard of the Steam Deck, and perhaps Asus drew your attention to the upcoming ROG Ally with its not-an-April-Fools’-joke. But that’s apparently just the tip of the iceberg for AMD-powered Steam Deck rivals, which have at least four handhelds based on slivers of silicon the chipmaker has yet to reveal.
One of the reasons we got so excited about the Asus ROG Ally is that Asus hinted it might be the first handheld since Steam Deck to offer a custom part specifically tuned for portables — and a growing body of leaks suggests that collaboration with AMD is called the Ryzen Z1.
— Hifihedgehog (@hifihedgehog) April 18, 2023
And today, Geekbench leaks (which should always be taken with a grain…
Technical teams hit by Meta’s latest wave of layoffs
Meta is laying off a number of its technical employees, the second in the latest round of job cuts that CEO Mark Zuckerburg first announced back in March.
Employees holding technical roles like user experience, software engineering, and graphics programming were notified of their termination on Wednesday, CNBC reported, and mutliple technology staffers have taken to social media to say they’ve been laid off. Gameplay programmers were also affected by the layoffs, CNBC said.