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Bungie Vet Says Destiny Deal With Activision Was “Bad From The Start”; Microsoft Almost Signed The Game

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Video game industry veteran Martin O'Donnell, who composed the music for Halo and was on Bungie's board of directors, has spoken very openly about the deal Bungie made with Activision and how it all fell apart. The long and short of it is that O'Donnell had a bad feeling about the deal for the Destiny series from the very beginning, but the whole story is like something out of a movie.Speaking to YouTuber HiddenXperia, O'Donnell first clarified that it was Bungie's seven members of the board of directors that collectively

Lord Of The Rings, Avengers VFX Studio Will Make Original Movies For The First Time

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Weta Digital, the effects studio owned by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson and screenwriter Fran Walsh, is expanding. The New Zealand-based company has launched a new animation studio, and it will make original content for the first time in the outfit's quarter-century history.Prem Akkaraju has been named the CEO of Weta Animated. He is the co-founder of SR Labs with entrepreneur Sean Parker, who himself is a member of Weta Digital's board of directors and an investor in the company.Weta Animated will make original animated content for cinema

CD Projekt RED donates nearly $1 million to COVID-19 relief efforts in Poland

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The Cyberpunk 2077 and Witcher developers have put forth several monetary donations to aid in the fight against the coronavirus. Now that COVID-19 is a clear problem and a worldwide pandemic, efforts have begun in full to contain and curtail further spread of the illness, especially in the video game industry. Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt RED is the latest to join in these efforts. The developer recently announced it will be putting nearly one million dollars towards coronavirus relief efforts in its native Poland. CD Projekt RED

Left 4 Dead creator Mike Booth joins AR/VR studio Resolution Games

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Following his exit from Facebook VR, veteran developer Mike Booth is headed to Resolution Games to join its board of directors. Back in December 2019, Mike Booth left management of Facebook VR rather abruptly. At the time, he mentioned that he had “unfinished business in the traditional video game space.” While it remains unclear what the veteran Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2, and Counter-Stike: Condition Zero developer had planned to pursue this cryptic statement, he at least has somewhere to be in the meantime. Booth is joining Stockholm AR

Microsoft’s Bill Gates Steps Down From Board Of Directors

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Microsoft has announced that co-founder and technology adviser Bill Gates has stepped down from the company's Board of Directors "to dedicate more time to his philanthropic priorities including global health, development, education, and his increasing engagement in tackling climate change." Gates has served as the chairman of the board since February 4, 2014."It's been a tremendous honor and privilege to have worked with and learned from Bill over the years," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote. "Bill founded our company with a belief in the democratizing force of software and a

Malmö, Sweden — Global Gaming 555 AB : Bulletin from the 2019 Annual General Meeting (English translation)

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On May 16th 2019, Global Gaming 555 AB held its Annual General Meeting for the financial year 2018. The following decisions were made, in accordance with the proposals submitted. The AGM adopted the Annual Report, as well as discharging The Board of Directors and the CEO from liability for the financial year 2018. The AGM supported the Board’s decision and upheld the decision not to pay dividends for the financial year 2018, but instead to carry the accumulated profit forward. The AGM further decided on the matter of remuneration to