Last week it was reported that GameStop, a clown show of a company peddling meme stocks and cheap video game merchandise, had unceremoniously and without notice shut down Game Informer,
Video games retailer GameStop abruptly shuttered its magazine Game Informer in August, nuking the site’s archives in the process. Its staff was scattered to the winds, but now we
Gamurs Group, owner of sites like Dot Esports, Destructoid, and Twinfinite, had another round of layoffs this morning, with several former staffers reporting they were laid off via impersonal emails
Lights pulse, beats boom, and bodies bounce at Elsewhere, a music venue in Brooklyn. On stage, producer and DJ Zedd blazes through a brief, energetic set. It’d be easy
Microsoft will lay off about 650 people from its gaming division, largely in "corporate and support functions," according to an email from Xbox head Phil Spencer sent to
It's been a hellish few years for people employed in the video game industry, as big studios have been laying off workers every chance they get while smaller
Few video game publications can claim a legacy that spans decades, let alone multiple mediums, including print, to the bitter end. Game Informer lasted a miraculous 33 years, and it
Right now, my social media feeds are full of people mourning layoffs, both on the journalism side, with the sudden closure of Game Informer today, and on the developer side,
Game Informer, a print gaming magazine and website owned by retailer GameStop, was abruptly shuttered Friday.
A post on the magazine's Twitter account reads, "After 33 thrilling
Destiny developer Bungie announced layoffs today, with plans to cut 220 people across the studio, which will include "most of our executive and senior leader roles."
Bungie CEO
In March, we ran a story about the Gamurs Group, a network of video game websites that includes Dot Esports, Destructoid, Twinfinite, Attack of the Fanboy, WGTC and Siliconera. Specifically,
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