Flipboard Tech DeskEpic Games has laid off over 1,000 employees, with CEO Tim Sweeney telling staff a "downturn in Fortnite engagement" led the company to "spend significantly more" than it makes. Here's the full story from @GIbiz.
Agent_KaryoDo you ever think there are too many PC games? So did Ultima's Robert Garriott—in 1989
“The consumer doesn’t really know what to buy for their computer,” Garriott said in 1989, while also pointing to the popularity of Nintendo’s newfangled game console.
Pocketpair aren’t “trying to turn Palworld into this big, big, big, big, big, big thing”
jello ツTake-Two’s CEO, Strauss Zelnick, said something… sensible… for once? 🫨
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/take-two-boss-declines-to-offer-advice-to-the-new-microsoft-gaming-chief-says-shell-be-fine-on-her-own-shes-a-highly-accomplished-executive-whos-done-just-great-without-ever-having-met-me/ #TakeTwo #Take2Interactive #GamesIndustry
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/take-two-boss-declines-to-offer-advice-to-the-new-microsoft-gaming-chief-says-shell-be-fine-on-her-own-shes-a-highly-accomplished-executive-whos-done-just-great-without-ever-having-met-me/ #TakeTwo #Take2Interactive #GamesIndustry
Take-Two boss declines to offer advice to the new Microsoft Gaming chief, says she'll be fine on her own: 'She’s a highly accomplished executive who’s done just great without ever having met me'
Asha Sharma came into Microsoft's Xbox business without a background in gaming, but Zelnick did the same thing at Take-Two and that's worked out pretty well.
Nina KielLinkedIn is full of bad takes, but this is the worst one I've seen in a while.
"Sometimes the best path is the one fewer people are on" is a really, really troubling statement considering that a major reason for these empty halls was... fascism.
ver.di Game Workers DEWas ist der #GameDev Round Table?
Zwei unserer Mitglieder sprechen im #Verdi-Podcast über die Entstehung, die Erfolge und die weiteren Ziele für bessere Arbeitsbedingungen in der #GamesIndustry.
Electronic Arts has laid off an undisclosed number of employees across the game studios behind the Battlefield franchise, including workers at Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect and Motive Studios. Battlefield 6 was the bestselling game of 2025 in the U.S. EA told @ign: "We’ve made select changes within our Battlefield organization to better align our teams around what matters most to our community."
New York sues Valve for 'letting children and adults illegally gamble' with loot boxes
The lawsuit aims to “stop Valve from promoting gambling features in its games, disgorge all ill-gotten gains, and pay fines for violating New York\u2019s laws.”
former GWU De (see bio)GameDeveloper.com reports:
> 82 percent of US-based game developers support unionization
#Unionize the #GamesIndustry!
