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Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan leaves Blizzard, Overwatch

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Jessica Scharnagle • Apr 20, 18:45After 19 years with Blizzard, Jeff Kaplan has moved on from the famed developer and is handing over the Overwatch reigns to Aaron Keller. The news comes to a surprise to many Overwatch fans who have come to know and love Kaplan as the face of the Overwatch development team. He is appreciated for his one-take Developer Updates, and has been dubbed "Daddy Jeff" by those who love the game. Help us thank Jeff Kaplan for being the Mercy to our Genji. Thank you for

Extra Crunch roundup: Coupang and Roblox debut, driving GPT-3 adoption, startup how-tos, more

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Extra Crunch publishes a variety of article types, but how-tos are my favorite category. For many entrepreneurs, the startup they are trying to get off the ground might be only the second entry on their resume. As a result, they don’t have much experience to draw from when it comes to basics like hiring, fundraising and growth marketing. Last week, Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed experts who had some strategic advice for finding the right time to bring a product manager on board. This afternoon, we published a guest post by growth

Parsec Raises $25M to Ensure You Can Connect to Any Computer in the World Remotely

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Remote working has become the new normal but for some professions, having access to the powerful computing systems found at the office is difficult to replicate.  Parsec is a platform that allows users to remotely access virtual machines and their powerful PCs from any device without any noticeable latency.  The company got its start in gaming, where it was popular with gamers that wanted to play on the go, but since the pandemic, the technology is being used by animators, game developers, engineers, or anyone that needs enhanced processing power

Horizon Voice Actor Shows What it Was Like to Record During the Pandemic

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Time Stamp: November 26, 2020 2:23 PM - Modified On: November 26, 2020 - Published By:
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Voice actor Elle Newlands shared a rather impressive and heart-warming moment on Twitter Tuesday evening. | Photo courtesy of Respawn EntertainmentVoice actor Elle Newlands shared a rather impressive and heart-warming moment on Twitter Tuesday evening. As the voice of Horizon, Newlands had a rather busy summer recording voice lines and even face capture for the character. But with the pandemic. it wasn't in the studio. As with most of the world, Newlands was working from home and when you see what she had to do, it's pretty impressive. July 2020,

Square Enix Shifts to Permanent Work From Home

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Time Stamp: November 25, 2020 4:43 PM - Modified On: November 25, 2020 - Published By:
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Square Enix plans to enable a permanent work-from-home program starting in December. | Chesnot/Getty ImagesGame developer and publisher Square Enix will offer employees a work-from-home option permanently, the company announced Wednesday.Rather than utilizing work from home solely as a means of preventing infections during the current pandemic, the Company will establish it as a permanent and core program among the working styles it accommodates," reads the announcement. "In so doing, the Company hopes not only to create a flexible and diverse working environment, but also to further bolster productivity and

Apex Legends Switch Delayed Again

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Apex Legends Switch delayed yet again as a blog post from the developers confirms the sad news. | EAApex Legends Switch delayed yet again as a blog post from the developers confirms the sad news. Apex Legends was supposed to be released this fall on Nintendo Switch, but the blog post on EA's website confirms we won't be seeing Apex on Switch until 2021. Trick-or-treat yourself to the Fight or Fright Event, October 22 - November 3! Partake in a scary new mode, spooky challenges, and devilishly delectable rewards...if you

Netflix CEO Doesn’t See Any Positives To Working From Home

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Time Stamp: September 8, 2020 2:47 AM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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While the COVID-19 pandemic has seen many companies, including Netflix, transition to allowing employees to work from home full time, Netflix founder Reed Hastings isn't a fan. While Netflix's work from home arrangements will continue as long as necessary to keep its employees safe from COVID-19, Hastings has said he sees no benefit to the practice.In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Hastings was asked whether he saw any positives to staff working from home. "No. I don't see any positives," he said, "Not being able to get together

Hades Dev Supergiant Had A Break In During The June Protests

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Time Stamp: August 26, 2020 2:23 AM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Renowned for Bastion and Transistor, San Francisco studio Supergiant is currently working on Hades--a process that's being chronicled in the Noclip docuseries Hades: Developing Hell. The latest installment has just released and it's a doozy, showing the Hades team navigating the pandemic, as well as break-in attempts at Supergiant's San Francisco studio, as picked up by TheGamer.The beginning of the documentary takes a sharp turn from showing the team celebrating Hades' 98% positive rating for its early access Steam release, to the pandemic causing Supergiant's offices to be shuttered with

Halo Infinite Dev Responds To Report About Splitting Up Campaign And Multiplayer

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Time Stamp: August 19, 2020 11:21 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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The Halo Infinite rumor mill kicked into high gear recently with a report that claimed to offer some inside information about the development of the game and some of the issues going on behind the scenes. Microsoft released an official statement that denies on element of the report, that production on the Halo TV show has negatively impacted Halo Infinite, and now Halo's community director has addressed another part of the story.Writing on Reddit, Halo community director Brian Jarrard responded to the conjecture about how Microsoft considered splitting up Halo

Halo Infinite’s Demo Is Being Remade Inside Halo 5, And It Looks Great

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A very creative and committed Halo fan is recreating the Halo Infinite campaign demo inside Halo 5, and it's looking really good so far. Twitter user Ducain23 is using Halo 5's Forge tools to re-make the Halo Infinite campaign demo, and he recently shared an update on his progress.The images below show off the impressive-looking map, featuring imagery and objects that appear very similar to the Halo Infinite demo. We see a Warthog entering the map, with huge pillars in the background. There are Grunts in another shot, while another