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What the current wave of layoffs means for the games industry

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In the past couple of weeks alone, companies including Ascendant Studios , Beamdog , Crystal Dynamics , Roblox , Blizzard , Epic Games , Team17 , Naughty Dog , Twitch and Keywords have all dismissed varying numbers of staff, ranging from 10 Hearthstone developers to more than 800 Epic employees.

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Embracer: Human cost of restructure is "significant" but "necessary"

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox To say it's been a rough year for the games industry's workforce is putting it mildly; thousands of jobs have been lost as companies restructure and downsize following rapid growth during the onset of the pandemic. Read more

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Game companies enact callous layoffs, amid their own competence controversies

Game Daily

Launched last month, it features people looking for work, a list of companies hiring, and a list of recruiters. Now, seven of them are suing the company for a fairer severance package. Eurogamer reports that much of the company’s quality assurance team are going to lose their jobs. In August, Bioware laid off 50 workers.

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Why ad ceative is more important than ever

Deconstructor of Fun

INVESTING / M&A Metaverse company Infinite Reality will go public through $1.85B SPAC Keywords acquires PR firm LabCom Jagex acquires Gamepires, studio behind Scum Turkish studio Pink Games has $1.2 LOVE IT | MEH | HATE IT Deconstructor of Fun Oy, Jääskentie , Espoo, Finland Unsubscribe

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(The Unofficial) Deconstructor of Fun 2022 Gaming Awards

Deconstructor of Fun

We followed the Microsoft-Activision saga, watched Apple’s privacy changes rollout and read about blockchain gaming madness that saw self-proclaimed Web 3 companies pick up massive investments at nosebleed valuations. FTX on the other hand was lavishly funding blockchain gaming while holding assets for some of the companies.

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“True Ownership” - The Game Economy Trilemma

Deconstructor of Fun

Companies like Blizzard and Valve have been trying to make it happen for years and to some extent have already succeeded with products like the Wow Tokens or the Steam Workshop. Thus we refer here only to games with explicit currencies (gold, crystals, etc) and item economies (like weapons, items, potions). Let’s call that problem 1.

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The 7 Coolest Filmmaking Pre-Production Tools of 2023

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The Starter plan is ideal for small teams and independent filmmakers, while the Agency and Enterprise plans are designed for larger teams and production companies. Yamdu is about perfect collaboration and crystal-clear communication ensure everyone's on the same wavelength. ?It's Share your project with your crew and work in real time.