Vidya Layoffs and Union Blunders General

Dielan

Just make a new fire warrior game already!

Imperium fans have had their time in the limelight. I want to sell out humanity for a hot pair of blue tits!

SkoomaDealer

Dielan maybe they could make it good this time? Also, I may not be a foot guy, but I do demand my women to have normal looking feet. And the Tau have hooves.

Dielan

SkoomaDealer they can just wear boots it's ok

Dielan

Ubi is closing its UK office

https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-announces-studio-closure-as-it-lays-off-185-staff

Dielan

Loose fit but huffpo saw a big layoff event

They don't really review games much but they certainly didn't like gamers

https://bsky.app/profile/huffpostunion.bsky.social/post/3lhjp3mihic23

Dielan

Playstation might be divesting from California

https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@whoisryosuke/113953245919633944

SkoomaDealer

I mean, Sony lost a lot of money there in the last couple years. They hired a Japanese CEO and it looks like he’s just going to make things happen.

Dielan

Crytek is still around?

Wishing them the best

Dielan

Not layoffs news but union related. Someone on bluesky in the splitgate2 discourse is unironically suggesting the 1047 devs unionize maliciously

No idea if this union is even real or any good, but it was shared with the intent to hurt the splitgate IP and CEO. Might as well admit unions are bad at this point

Dielan

Listening to this on my commute home:

Alleged whistleblower

Dielan

Dielan great video BTW

Looks like there's a false report wave coming for him

Dielan

The most heartbreaking leak of all from the sag discord is what Kyle McCarley said about Erika Tbh. Context is she admitted to fans that she was given threatening letters by sag if she voiced Venti during the strike (implying renewed enforcement of global rule 1) even though hoyo is non-union and not struck by sag

Dielan

MCs are back for genshin

Project is still non union. Did SAG stop sending threatening letters?

Dielan

Seems splitgate is struggling to pay back their summer games fest bills

However, player count is still somewhat strong but is declining. Sad considering this is the best shooter made in a long time