Operation Chakra-2: CBI raids 76 locations after Microsoft, Amazon lodge cases against cybercrime network

It’s been confirmed that 124 more jobs have been cut at Ubisoft — this time across IT teams and business administrative services. The company has already seen multiple waves layoffs this year. 

Revenant Hill, the next game from The Glory Society of Night in the Woods fame, has effectively been cancelled. The developer also tweeted that it was suspending operations due to two key members stepping away indefinitely due to “recent serious health issues.”

2023 continues to be the year of major video game layoffs as Ubisoft confirmed today that it has laid off 124 employees, several of them at its Montreal studios. According to Ubisoft, the employees are primarily in business administration and IT teams, and these layoffs are part of its efforts to “streamline our operations and enhance our collective efficiency.”

The Glory Society posted an announcement on Twitter today stating that they have decided to “suspend operations” and that “this is the end of the development of Revenant Hill.”

In a legal showdown set to commence today, Epic Games, the publisher of the wildly popular game Fortnite, is taking tech giant Google to court. The lawsuit alleges that Google's mobile app store constitutes an illegal monopoly. If this legal battle seems oddly familiar, it's because Epic has previously faced off against Apple, albeit with less favorable results. So, why is Epic returning to the courtroom, and what's at stake?

In an interview with Icy Veins, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas confirmed that Dragonflight will have a Season 4, which will feature Fated Raids! In the interview, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas discussed details about World of Warcraft's upcoming expansion, The War Within, and questions regarding the near future of the current Dragonflight expansion. Icy Veins BlizzCon Interview with Ion Hazzikostas BlizzCon WoW Deep Dive Panel Summary In another interview with Warcraft Wiki during BlizzCon 2023, WoW's development team confirmed that Dragonflight will not get a Patch 10.3. In terms of a fourth season, however, extra seasonal assets have already been found by Wowhead back in September, hinting at a potential Season 4, which has now been confirmed by Hazzikostas — including the return of Fated Raids. WoW's Game Director has also commented on Fyrakk's axe legendary, Classic Timewalking, and new systems coming with The War Within, such as Hero Talents and Delves. Here is a quick summary of the Icy Veins interview:

The best quest in is "," and nothing else even comes close. This fully optional, almost totally insular side quest focuses on a group of cloned historical figures, who have been revived as part of an experimental program. Featuring most prominently are 32nd US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mongol Empire founder Genghis Khan, first-century queen of Kush Amanirenas, and world-famous aviator Amelia Earhart. Once they land on the planet, the player character is forced to pick a side in the clones' conflict.

Ukraine's minister of digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, has called for a boycott of game commerce platform Xsolla over links to Russia.

Kratos Studios, the owner of the IndiGG intellectual property, announced the Kratos Games Network as a program that will allocate grants to new gaming studios in India and other emerging markets.

Hot off the news that the long-running plan to merge with Kioxia has ground to a halt yet again, Western Digital's board of directors has approved a plan to split the company up. Its NAND flash and hard drive divisions will become entirely independent public companies, pending final board approval and other regulations.

President Joe Biden is directing the US government to take a sweeping approach to artificial intelligence regulation, his most significant action yet to rein in an emerging technology that has sparked both concern and acclaim. The lengthy executive order, released on Monday, sets new standards on security and privacy protections for AI, with far-reaching impacts on companies. Developers such as Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc.'s Google will be directed to put powerful AI models through safety tests and submit results to the government before their public release. 

GM-owned Cruise is halting all self-driving car operations after California’s DMV suspended the company’s state permit to operate the vehicles, citing them as a risk to public safety.