Jeffrey Rousseau
Staff Writer
Jeffrey Rousseau is a staff writer at GamesIndustry.biz and he joined in 2021. Based in Florida, his writing has focused on the intersections of people, games, and media. He's a DEIA advocate. Outside of gaming news, his work focus on the socio political issues and mental health. He enjoys reading, podcasts, staying informed, finding new music and learning how people are tackling issues.
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Sony's objection to Activision sale won't hurt relationship, says Kotick
CEO also said that the firm cares "too deeply" about players to launch sub-par versions of its Call of Duty games
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Sega and Tencent bow out of E3
Update: Devolver also skipping its usual "satellite events" around E3
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Ubisoft hires Katie Scott as vice president of editorial
With a games career of more than ten years, the Coalition alum joins Ubisoft's global creative office
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Creating Windies Direct, a beacon for the Caribbean game dev scene
The Jamaica Game Developer Society shares how the proliferation of digital events paved the way for last year's debut show - and what comes next
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MultiVersus to go offline as it readies early 2024 launch
After launching in 2022, the free-to-play fighter will shut down on June 25 as development ramps up
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Ubisoft to skip in-person E3 show
The decision comes a month after the Assassin's Creed publisher confirmed its presence on the show floor
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SELL: French games market dips to €5.5bn in 2022
Boxed titles accounted for 55% of the sector's consumer revenue generated last year
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Jobs Roundup: March 2023 | Diablo co-creator Erich Schaefer joins Moon Productions
UPDATE: Nexon appoints duo to its board of directors, and Rewardify names Matt Turetzky as president
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CD Projekt Red writes off over $7m costs for Project Sirius as development is reset
The Polish firm attributed the move to an evaluation of the original project's scope and commercial potential
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Josh Sawyer says that GDC has a "big accessibility problem"
The director of Pentiment highlighted concerns over travel costs and access to the conference's talks to the public
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PS5 version of Redfall dropped after Xbox acquisition of ZeniMax
Update: Microsoft claims it has not pulled any titles from PlayStation platforms
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ZA/UM resolves legal dispute with Disco Elysium producer Kaur Kender
UPDATE: ZA/UM says that Kurvitz and Taal are welcome to challenge the harm done to the studio in court
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Fatal Call of Duty swatting incident settles for $5m
The decision comes five years after an unarmed Kansas man lost his life over a false 911 call
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Felony charges against Justin Roiland have been dismissed
The former Squanch Games CEO says he would like to focus on restoring his "good name"
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Playtika's deal to acquire Rovio has come to an end
Conversations with other parties interested in buying the Angry Birds maker will continue
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Meta reveals Oculus Publishing as Meta Quest Store revenues pass $1.5bn
The VR game division has financially supported more than 300 since its inception
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Gamestop revenue dips as it pulls nearly $6bn in 2022
The retailer's collectible business segment saw an increase of 17% as it hit $964 million throughout the year
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Nexon's MapleStory Universe to feature NFTs
The games firm announced that it will partner with Polygon Labs for business and operational support on the project
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Microsoft reveals Xbox Developer Sustainability Toolkit
With the new resource game studios can reduce power consumption and carbon emissions during development
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EA to sunset Battlefield 1943, Bad Company 1 and 2, and Mirror's Edge
UPDATE: Mirror's Edge will not be delisted while the three Battlefield titles will go offline on April 28
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Super Evil Megacorp expands team for upcoming Netflix title
The games studio new appointments include industry alum from Ubisoft, Blizzard, and Rockstar Games
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Twitch viewership dips 8% in February as it hit 1.64bn hours
StreamElements and Rainmaker.gg say that Hogwarts Legacy pulled in 71 million views on the streaming platform
