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Introducing: Aftermath Hours, Our Weekly Podcast

It’s been a mere three months since we, the staff of Aftermath, invented blogging and revolutionized the internet, but today we’re trying something a little different. We call

By Nathan Grayson

/ 26 Jan 2024

Introducing: Aftermath Hours, Our Weekly Podcast

Microsoft Lays Off 1900 People At Activision Blizzard, Xbox

Microsoft is laying off 1900 people, or about 8% of its gaming division workforce, The Verge reported Thursday. The layoffs will largely affect people at Activision Blizzard, the company Microsoft

By Riley MacLeod

/ 25 Jan 2024

Here's All The Layoffs That Happened ::Checks:: Yesterday

Aftermath had a meeting last night (if you don’t know me, I love meetings), and we were talking about how easy it is to write too much bummer news.

By Riley MacLeod

/ 18 Jan 2024

A row of computer monitors and keyboards on a white table, in front of empty chairs

Employees Say ‘Sizable Portion’ Of Gearbox-Owned Studio Has Been Laid Off

On Friday, layoffs hit Lost Boys Interactive, a Gearbox-owned developer that employed over 400 people. While the full scope of the layoffs remains unclear, former employees are saying a “sizable”

By Nathan Grayson

/ 12 Jan 2024

Employees Say ‘Sizable Portion’ Of Gearbox-Owned Studio Has Been Laid Off

Discord Lays Off 170 People, Or 17% Of Staff

Chat app Discord is laying off 170 people, or 17% of its workforce, The Verge reported Thursday. The situation has all the greatest hits you’ve come to expect: the

By Riley MacLeod

/ 11 Jan 2024

Latest Twitch Layoffs Spread Teams Even Thinner: 'No Idea How Folks Are Going To Make It Work'

Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that Twitch was set to lay off 500 employees, following a similar round of 400 less than a year ago. Now Twitch has gone through with it.

By Nathan Grayson

/ 10 Jan 2024

Latest Twitch Layoffs Spread Teams Even Thinner: 'No Idea How Folks Are Going To Make It Work'

Twitch Set To Lay Off Another 500 Employees, Total Count At Nearly 1,000

Today Bloomberg published a report saying that Twitch is set to lay off 500 employees, or around 35 percent of its workforce. The article, several Twitch employees have told Aftermath,

By Nathan Grayson

/ 9 Jan 2024

Twitch Set To Lay Off Another 500 Employees, Total Count At Nearly 1,000

Welcome To 2024, Same As 2023

As a species, humans have this weird tendency to compartmentalise our achievements and challenges into calendar years. We do it for movies, we do it for albums, we do it

By Luke Plunkett

/ 8 Jan 2024

It's Been A Huge Week For Dipshit Companies That Either Hate Artists Or Are Just Incredibly Stupid

Last week Wizards of the Coast, the company that owns Magic: The Gathering, started running an ad campaign that clearly featured machine-generated imagery. While the original tweets have since been

By Luke Plunkett

/ 7 Jan 2024

It's Been A Huge Week For Dipshit Companies That Either Hate Artists Or Are Just Incredibly Stupid

Three Days Before Christmas

Just two years after acquiring indie publisher Versus Evil – which helped give a stage to role-playing hits like The Banner Saga and Pillars of Eternity – alongside its catalogue of games

By Nathan Grayson

/ 22 Dec 2023

Executives Should Be Facing The Music, Not Laying Off Workers

It’s been a bad year for video game industry layoffs, especially at the Embracer Group. The publishing giant's speedrun from "purchasing companies it should never have

By Luke Plunkett

/ 18 Dec 2023

Executives Should Be Facing The Music, Not Laying Off Workers

Activision Workers Speak Out Against Return-To-Office Mandate That They See As 'Soft Layoffs'

Late last month, Activision QA employees in three cities – Austin, Minneapolis, and El Segundo – received word that their days of working anywhere other than an office were numbered. The company

By Nathan Grayson

/ 18 Dec 2023

Activision Workers Speak Out Against Return-To-Office Mandate That They See As 'Soft Layoffs'