Following layoffs at parent company Ziff Davis last week, the IGN Creators Guild has announced eight layoffs at IGN today, comprising 12% of the site’s bargaining unit. Today’s
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The mass departure of most of Waypoint’s writers and its managing editor over the last few days appears to signal, if not the end, then at least a major
Last week, Steam quietly announced a new rule banning “certain kinds of adult-only content” that “may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam’s payment processors and related
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Axios reports that the site's staff will
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