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Gear of War: E-Day developers are reportedly in no mood to celebrate the game's imminent release, following months of overtime and fresh fears of further layoffs. That's according to a Eurogamer report that includes comments from various sources at The Coalition, Microsoft's dedicated Gears of War team that has been working on E-Day for the past five years. Microsoft has made numerous rounds of redundancies over that time, though staff at The Coalition say they previously felt somewhat insulated from the job losses due to their work on such a high-profile project. But as their time building Gears of War: E-Day has wound down — a period that has also reportedly seen them "crunching hard" — there are now serious concerns that layoffs may soon be on the horizon for them, too. "The mood is certainly 'let's not celebrate the game until we're three months post launch, just in case', which is very unusual," one source said. "We're just expecting the next wave [of layoffs], or being reorganized under Activision or something later this year," claimed another. Xbox boss Asha Sharma unveiled a plan to cut 3,200 jobs across the company this year back in July, when the first 1,600 redundancies were announced. Then, last month, a second batch of layoffs were confirmed alongside major structural changes that saw Halo Studios downsized and the franchise handed to Activision, which will also manage veteran British studio Rare. With such seismic changes for Xbox's flagship shooter franchise, suddenly nothing seemed as certain for its Gears of War team. Staff say they are now "on edge" for the hammer to drop, especially following the "very demoralizing" layoff of Gears of War: E-Day story director Juan Vaca, who was recently culled just two weeks before the game's release. "I can only imagine the heartbreak of spending all those years on a game to have the final stretch ripped away, completely out of your control," another source said, commented on Vaca's departure. "It's like you planned for a year on a meal for your family where everyone will be there and the day of, you get locked out of the building or something and can't join in." Microsoft declined to provide an official response to Eurogamer for its report, though it is understood that Microsoft has acknowledged staff have worked hard on getting E-Day out the door, and that this extra effort includes out-of-hours toil that will be repaid in additional holiday. Xbox is yet to detail when its final round of layoffs this year will take place, though even if The Coalition is told it's safe for now, some staff have suggested they still won't breathe a sight of relief. "It's hard to believe anything [Microsoft leadership] say anymore after discarding staff in this manner," one employee stated. Last week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella described the Xbox layoffs as "streamlining" at the company that was "great to see."

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O dronă cu încărcătură explozivă a căzut pe un teren agricol din Insula Mare a Brăilei, în apropierea localității Gropeni. Verificările efectuate de militari au scos la iveală un crater și mai multe fragmente, iar Ministerul Apărării Naționale a anunțat că încărcătura s-a detonat în momentul impactului cu solul. Incidentul a fost semnalat în cursul […]

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O româncă a fost găsită moartă în Grecia. Trupul femeii date dispărute pe 11 septembrie a fost descoperit duminică, 27 septembrie, într-un câmp cu măslini din localitatea Ano Gerakario, din insula Zakynthos, informează ERTNews. Silvia Lungu, în vârstă de 64 de ani, era cazată singură la un hotel din zona învecinată Alykanas în momentul în […]

Silvia Lungu, medic primar nefrolog din Iași, în vârstă de 64 de ani, dispărută în urmă cu mai multe zile în timp ce se afla singură în vacanță în insula grecească Zakynthos, a fost găsită moartă. Femeia a fost medic la Spitalul Clinic „Dr. C.I. Parhon” din Iași.

Fragmente de dronă au căzut, în cursul nopţii de luni spre marţi, pe un teren arabil din Insula Mare a Brăilei. Autorităţile au fost anunţate la 112 de un cetăţean care a semnalat căderea unui obiect, urmată de producerea unui incendiu care s-a stins fără a produce pagube materiale. Radarele Ministerului Apărării Naţionale nu au detectat nicio pătrundere neautorizată în spaţiul aerian în cursul nopţii trecute.

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