Nearly a full month after it was bought by Voodoo, BeReal has cut 28 positions.As spotted by GamesIndustry, the social platform made cuts across its engineering, QA, and marketing divisions. Per COO Roman Salzman, the layoffs were "mostly part of a refocus on France/Europe-based talents.""Not going to bore with details, keeping it simple here: these folks scaled a social platform from 200,000 to 25 million daily active users in 18 months," he wrote. "They all had to build it from the ground up and under tremendous pressure, and did it."Voodoo acquired BeReal in mid-June for €500 million (or $536.9 million), and with the express purpose of expanding into the hypercasual market. In turn, BeReal would use Voodoo to have a sustainable growth path previously unav…
The attorney famous for successfully winning a settlement for Sandy Hook school shooting victims' families has brought a new pair of lawsuits in relation to the deadly 2022 Uvalde shooting at Robb Elementary: this time aimed at rifle manufacturer Daniel Defense), Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta, and Call of Duty publisher Activision.Legal documents reviewed by the Washington Post allege that Activision, Meta, and Daniel Defense all bear responsibility for radicalizing a "socially vulnerable" demographic by glorifying violence and making weaponry easily accessible.In terms of the Call of Duty publisher's alleged responsibility, the lawsuits seek to connect the promotion of real-world weaponry to "vulnerable" young men who are "insecure about the…
Microsoft is laying off an unknown number of Bethesda France workers.Game Developer understands the reductions are part of the 1,900 layoffs that were announced by Microsoft back in January as part of the company's mandate to facilitate sustainable growth.It's unclear how many people are being laid off or which roles have been placed on the chopping block.The news broke earlier this week when a number of Bethesda France streaming partners indicated the entire subsidiary was being shut down and described the move as a "discreet closure."In a post on X, one Bethesda France streamer said their partnership with the Fallout and Elder Scrolls maker was ending after eight "wonderful" years. Several influencers who appeared to share close ties with the Bethesda France…