Ubisoft closing Winnipeg and Belgrade studios and making further layoffs
NEW on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social—since Telltale Games collapsed in 2018, devs have shared stories about bad practices at the studio like crunch, miscrediting, and C-suite narrative micromanagement.
I pressed CEO Jamie Ottilie about those tales and ask him—has the studio learned from its mistakes?
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Telltale Games was once the standard-bearer for interactive storytelling. Its new leaders want to reclaim that title in a more sustainable way.
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