It’s been a rough week for the games industry — not to mention the tech industry at large. Not to understate it, but more than a few companies laid off workers this week. Bethesda, Xbox, GameSpot, GiantBomb and Vox are just a few companies who have delivered the bad news. I wish nothing but the best for all those affected by the layoffs and hope that this is the last news of this kind that we hear about for the foreseeable future (realistically, I’m not so sanguine).
It’s not just layoffs that have hit the industry this week. Ubisoft’s workers are still unhappy with the way its executives have handled the recent cutbacks. NetEase and Blizzard’s breakup has reached nuclear levels as the former’s employees tore down a World of Warcraft statue near its headquarters. On top of this, Google Stadia shut its doors. Even as one of the platform’s critics, I still feel a sense of loss. This was something a lot of people worked hard on and believed in and it’s a shame to lose anything in the gaming world.
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