Eidos-Montreal lays off staff, citing inability to transfer them to new projects
Eidos-Montreal announced today via LinkedIn that it was laying off 75 employees, adding the company to the ever-growing list of game developers and publishers...
Eidos Montreal becomes first AAA studio to adopt a 4-day workweek
Eidos Montreal announced today it is shifting to a four-day work week. It’s keeping its eight-hour schedule, meaning its full-time employees will now work...
Former Eidos president and frequent game startup adviser Keith Boesky passes away
Keith Boesky, former president of Tomb Raider publisher Eidos and a frequent adviser to game companies at Boesky & Co., has died from cancer,...
Square Enix opens more than 100 jobs at its Montreal studios
Montreal is already a huge gaming hub, and Square Enix is looking to squeeze in just a few more developers into the bustling Canadian...
Lara Croft Go simplifies the classic action franchise in the best way
Last year, Hitman Go made an excellent case for how many video game genres are far more simple than we think they are. It...
12 great current-gen games you didn’t play, handpicked by industry pros
Twelve games industry figures, including David Jaffe and Cliff Bleszinski, told GamesBeat which current-gen games they think deserved a wider audience.
Thief takes major cues from Dishonored, the game inspired by Thief (preview)
The franchise that inspired a decade of action-stealth games makes a stunning return, stealing its protégés' best improvements and adding a few of its own. Now if only the stealth actually worked ... .
Tangentix raises $2.1M to make game downloads faster (exclusive)
The company's compression technology could potentially address a major problem for players.
Social-game developer Playdemic appoints ‘Fighting Fantasy’ author as new chairman
Ian Livingstone will bring his many years of gaming experience to the social-game studio.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Disney Infinity, torsos, and violence in video games
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.