‘Crash Bandicoot 4’ developer announces breakaway from Activision Blizzard

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Former Activision Blizzard executive Chris Paulson has been named Skybound Games‘ executive vice president and general manager of games publishing. In his new role, Paulson will lead commercial strategy and go-to-market efforts for Skybound’s ambitious slate of games, including a new “secret project” Skybound revealed in connection with Paulson’s hiring announcement Monday.

Emergency services rushed to Windsor Castle after a car crash this morning - and shocking photos showed a Volvo vehicle smashed against the castle walls. Two other cars were also involved in the accident, which led to the road by the castle in the Berkshire town being closed by police and ambulances, reported The Mirror.

A woman was left trapped in a car which crashed with an ambulance carrying a patient near Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.

Two people who were arrested after a man was killed in a crash in Oldham have been released on bail, police have confirmed.

A man has died three days after he was involved in a horror crash on the A9 near Aviemore.

A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a pedestrian was killed and another seriously injured in a horror crash in Oldham. The 59-year-old man was knocked down while waiting to cross the street on Park Road in Oldham on Saturday afternoon.

A man remains in hospital after suffering serious injuries when a Metrolink tram was involved in a crash with a car. It follows an incident in Wythenshawe on Friday afternoon which disrupted services.

Liverpool pop band, Her's, died in a car crash while on tour in the United States, nearly five years ago.The bandmates, Stephen Fitzpatrick and Audun Laadig, and their tour manager, Trevor Engelbrektson, were driving to a gig in Santa Ana, California, when they were killed on Wednesday, 27 March 2019. The trio were travelling in a 15-seater tour van before the in a head-on crash.Their vehicle is thought to have hit a Nissan pick-up truck that was allegedly being driven the wrong way down the highway in the early hours of the morning. Stephen, 24, from Barrow-in-Furness and Audun, 25, from Norway died along with Trevor, from Minneapolis and the driver of the pick-up truck.

A Vermont man has pleaded guilty in Bennington, Vermont, to a reduced charge in the June 12, 2023 crash that killed actor Treat Williams.

Police were called to a crash between a tram and a car on the Metrolink line in Tameside this morning.

A police car crashed with a Mini Cooper on a road in Ayrshire at the weekend.

Mystery surrounds the death of man killed in a moped crash while on holiday in Turkey, an inquest has heard.

A mum has shared her deep sadness after her "wonderful" little boy was killed in a terrible car accident along with two women.

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Call Of Duty titles will launch day and date on Xbox Game Pass, according to an interview with Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer.Spencer spoke about how Xbox Game Pass will work with new studios that have been purchased by Xbox in an interview with Gamefile‘s Stephen Totillo.“Our intent is the full portfolio from ZeniMax, Activision Blizzard and XGS- Xbox Game Studios – will be on Game Pass, day one,” Spencer said in the interview. It’s important to note however, that there’s still work to be done before they’re ready to launch day and date on the system.“We’re doing the back end work to make them come to PC and console simultaneously,” Spencer confirmed.In the same interview, Spencer also spoke about what he believes the future of physical media is in regards to the Xbox platform, stating that while Xbox themselves are fans of physical media, they “don’t have a need to drive that disproportionate to customer demand”.“Gaming consoles themselves have kind of become the last consumer electronic device that has a drive.

Video footage has revealed the dramatic moment a car flipped over onto its roof in a crash in Rochdale on Sunday night (February 18) as residents heard a 'massive bang'.

A second man who tragically died in a three car crash has been named by police.

Larian Studios has hit out at a number of companies laying-off development staff to maximise profits for shareholders.2024 has started with a number of studios cutting huge swathes of employees. Microsoft laid off 1,900 staff shortly after its acquisition of Activision Blizzard was approved, Riot Games laid off over 500 members of staff, and today (February 19) it was confirmed that Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM has cut a quarter of its staff.Elsewhere, the Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch claimed it wasn’t making a profit after another massive round of layoffs, while Embracer Group admitted that its “overruling principle is to always maximise shareholder value in any given situation” after cutting 1,400 jobs over the past 12 months.Last week, Baldur’s Gate 3 picked up a number of trophies at the DICE Awards including Outstanding Achievement In Story, RPG Of The Year, Outstanding Achievement In Game Direction, and Game of the Year.

Police have named the man who died in an early morning Scots horror crash that tragically claimed two lives.

This is heartbreaking. A 16-year-old was killed in a car accident while on the way to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert in Australia.