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Swedish video game maker wants industry to stop chasing money
Swedish video game maker wants industry to stop chasing money
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Swedish-Lebanese filmmaker-turned-game-developer Josef Fares is on a mission to put storytelling first in video games, slamming money-driven designs for stifling creativity. "From a creative perspective, if you involve money too much, then it will affect it," Fares, whose 2021 game "It Takes Two" was a critical and commercial success, told AFP in Stockholm.

German sports carmaker Porsche to cut 1,900 jobs
German sports carmaker Porsche to cut 1,900 jobs
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Sports car manufacturer Porsche said Thursday it will axe 1,900 jobs after sales slumped in China and amid a tricky shift to electric vehicles, the latest blow for Germany's stalling auto sector. Hit by high manufacturing costs at home, weak demand, fierce competition and a sluggish shift to EVs, Germany's flagship auto sector is battling a growing crisis.