Assassin’s Creed makers Ubisoft continue 2023’s gutting of the games industry as they lay off over 100 staff

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The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley has secret security plans to prevent yet another stage invasion incident.

The Game Awards producer and host Geoff Keighley is "moving away" from world premieres, and will instead show a range of game updates and news. Keighley can't confirm how many new announcements will be made at the show this year either, hinting that we might focus on games that have already been announced instead.

Hideo Kojima’s Twitter activity indicates that he will be at The Game Awards. But will he actually be showing us a new game there?

Gaming has become a massive part of most people's lives now. With advancements in technology, HD graphics, and innovative gaming ideas, the gaming industry in India too is attracting new players to the esports landscape. A new HP esports study recently took a close look at the Indian gaming industry and the results are surprising. The HP esports study reveals that the gaming industry has been creating huge career opportunities for Indian gamers and that too with a higher minimum income. Know more about the study findings here.

For the past couple years I’ve run an article on Thanksgiving (The United States Version of the Holiday) where I urge my fellow gamers to say thanks to the games that got us through the year. The past two years, we usually fill our ThanksGaming plate with staff submissions, but our staff has been overwhelmed with travel plans, and time sensitive opportunities, so I’ll be soloing this year’s ThanksGaming.

The Treachery in Beatdown City: Ultra RemixDLC builds upon the tactical street fighting of the original game, adding new moves, locations, enemies, and tunes. With the original game having such a precise, challenging turn-based hand-to-hand fighting system, how do you carefully build onto it without breaking the original release?

Billionaire and omnipresent main character Elon Musk has declared he was once one of the best Quake players in the world, to the tune of winning money for his skills. This obviously sounds like the kind of thing your mate would say after their third pint, but the revelation came during an interview with podcaster Lex Fridman during which Musk was expansive on his wider gaming habits, and particularly his Diablo 4 druid's inability to beat Lilith.

Xbox has launched its digital Black Friday sale, offering discounts on more than 1,000 games on the Xbox Store.

Xbox Series X/S owners eager for a Baldur's Gate 3 release date announcement will have a little longer to wait; developer Larian Studios has confirmed it'll be sharing the news during this year's Geoff-Keighley-hosted The Game Awards on 8th December.

505 Games parent company Digital Bros have announced - you guessed it - a round of mass layoffs. Following in the wake of Microsoft, Epic, CD Projekt, Sony and, well, take your pick, the company aim to cut roughly 30% of their workforce to shore up profits. The specific reasoning here is that Digital Bros think that people aren't interested in playing original new games; they'd rather get to grips with fictions and franchises they know and love already. As such, the company plan to "limit" their big budget projects in future, though no specific cancellations have been announced.

The Game Awards 2023 shortlist is now out, and it's dominated by two games in particular: Baldur's Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2.