Last month, despite making record revenue, Activision-Blizzard laid off 8 per cent of its global workforce, leaving nearly eight hundred people out of work. The large-scale restructuring is an attempt to appease shareholders by cutting expenses. In its Form 10-K report, however, the company has admitted that the layoffs might not pad executive and shareholder wallets as much as anticipated – and that shockingly, firing a bunch of people may have a negative impact on staff morale.

Back in August, an in-depth investigation by Kotaku revealed that LOL studio Riot Games was home to a highly toxic workplace culture. The report has led to Riot taking several steps to repair its image and improve internal working conditions. To that affect, Riot has announced that Angela Roseboro will be joining them as their first Chief Diversity Officer. Roseboro …

If you gave Michael Bay an unlimited budget, Modern Warfare 2 would have been the result, albeit with slightly less Aerosmith. What I’m saying is, is that the game is chuffing good and deserving of a second chance to shine ten years after it was first released. Which is probably what’s going to be happening, as a recent listing on the PEGI website for Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered was briefly put up on that website before it was taken down.

The real-life unsolved case of Jack the Ripper, who spread panic and prostitute entrails across Victorian London, has captured the public imagination for over 130 years. Unsurprisingly, during that period the serial killer story has spawned over a hundred non-fiction books and resulted in just as many fictionalised explorations in popular culture, from novels, short stories and comics to feature …

Anthem, the new moderately multiplayer online shooter from RPG, hasn’t had the greatest start. While many are still enjoying the game, most seem to have found it devolve into a mindless repetitive grind after the highs of its initial impressions wear off. It’s had a rocky launch, and now sits as one of BioWare’s lowest-rated games.

The latest game offering up a season pass for bonus content after launch? Team Ninja’s brand new brawler, the jiggletastic Dead or Alive 6. A solid game with some impressive character in each punch and roundhouse kick thrown, Dead or Alive 6 comes off as satisfying piece of digital fisticuffs. It also happens to have a price tag of $93 attached to its season 1 pass rate.

If there was one game that raised the measuring stick for who the hero under the mask was?Easily Insomniac’s take on Spider-Man, which just gets the idea of Peter Parker and his wallcrawling alter-ego.

Every month one of our writers has a look at a gem of yesteryear that we didn’t review on release. This week we take a look at the dark, surreal offering that broke Suda 51 in the West. Over the last decade or so Goichi Suda – or Suda 51 to you – has established a reputation of being something …