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Microsoft to cut 1,900 gaming jobs

Microsoft will lay off 1,900 people across its video-game divisions including at Activision Blizzard, which it purchased for $69 billion in an acquisition that closed late last year.

Bloomberg

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ByteDance to fire hundreds in gaming retreat

ByteDance plans to cut hundreds of jobs in gaming and wind down its showpiece brand Nuverse in a major withdrawal from a once-booming gaming industry dominated by Tencent and its smaller foe NetEase.

Bloomberg

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How gamers are helping the Ukraine Armed Forces

Ukrainian drone pilot Mykhailo tests "first-person view" drones near the southeastern Zaporizhzhia frontline, as the army's counteroffensive against Russia persists. The 25-year-old says that playing video games has helped him control th...

Reuters

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How video gaming influenced Ukraine war

A group of young Ukrainian 'geeks' make drones in the basement of a house near the Donbas frontline. A short distance from their base and less than two kilometres from the Russian lines, a navigator and a pilot prepare a drone to drop a ...

France 24

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Ukraine military partners with video game maker

Ukraine is supplied largely by western weapons and has little ammunition to spare. So, its military has teamed up with a video game maker. In the past month, soldiers have been training on virtual firing ranges.

Al Jazeera