Toadman Interactive, the studio known for developing original titles like Immortal Unchained and plying its trade as a work-for-hire developer, is making layoffs.The company confirmed the news on LinkedIn and explained it would be making some redundancies and shuttering its offices in Stockholm, Visby, and Oslo."Like many other game companies, we have gone through a tough period over the last 12 months, and, unfortunately, that means that we are shutting down our offices in Stockholm, Visby, and Oslo, as well as having some redundancies in our Berlin studio," reads the statement. "If you are hiring in the games space, please reach out to Araken dos Santos and we would love to make introductions to our talented staff."Toadman is owned by Enad Global 7 (EG7) and has worke…
45 employees have been let go by Ubisoft, according to Bloomberg.The outlet reports the reductions were spread across US offices located in Cary, North Carolina and San Francisco, CA. A Ubisoft spokesperson said the cuts were made to "align [their] organizations with future business and development objectives."Ubisoft's Cary team (typically known as Red Storm Entertainment) was the lead developer on several Tom Clancy titles over the years. More recently, it released Assassin's Creed Nexus VR and canceled The Division Heartland.Meanwhile, Ubisoft San Francisco was the lead developer on the Rocksmith series. Other titles under its name include South Park: The Fractured But Whole and the free-to-play shooter xDefiant.This marks the second time this year Ubisoft has reduce…
Another change is being introduced to Steam's user reviews. As of today, reviews will be marked with a symbol to show the reviewer played it "primarily" on the Steam Deck.The icon is presented on the right side of the banner, and the Steam Deck playtime can be revealed by hovering over it. However, there's currently no way to categorize any user reviews by handheld or PC usage.
Steam Deck's prominence
Alongside its current (and future) iterations, Steam Deck's importance is reflected in its monthly top game charts, which includes the most-played games on the device.For developers, the Steam Deck icon should help curious players …