Gaming Website Polgyon Sold To Valnet And Hit With Layoffs

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Giant Bomb also going through some shit right now. They just put up a podcast with a big middle finger to their new bosses, and it got pulled.

EDIT: Giant Bomb may be dead as of this afternoon.

Fuck. Long time, first time. I’m a few episodes behind. Any additional info available? Links?
See my other comment below, but the gist of it is that they were told to pause streaming for a while as everyone tries to figure out a path forward. They put out one Bombcast that rebelled against the new Fandom “values”, and you can find a link to it if you look through Bluesky or the Giant Bomb reddit. They’re still paused, and it’s been about a week now. It might be the end of Giant Bomb, in which case, Grubb, Mike, and Dan have sworn to keep doing Blight Club, and the others are probably preparing their parachutes too. It also might not be the end of Giant Bomb; nothing’s been decided yet, and everyone currently still has their jobs.

Dan removed GB from his BSky bio, and Grubb posted that he’s no longer with GB.

To add more context, last night Dan was streaming on Twitch and said he expects episode 888 to be the last Bombcast. He said things that, if he stays employed, would make Fandom the most understanding employer ever. To use words he used: he’s very annoyed with working for giant corporations and wants to bet on himself.