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'I've Never Seen It This Bad:' Game Developers Explain the Huge Layoffs Hitting Riot, Epic, and More - IGN WWW.IGN.COM I spoke to over 40 game developers whose companies had been impacted by layoffs in the last year. They shared with me the explanations companies gave them for what was causing the sudden loss of their livelihood, but they also told me why those explanations didn’t always seem to match reality. -
Full article here: Bungie Devs Say Atmosphere Is ‘Soul-Crushing’ Amid Layoffs, Cuts, and Fear of Total Sony Takeover - IGN WWW.IGN.COM One month after a major round of layoffs impacted roughly 100 Bungie employees of 1,200, those remaining at the Destiny developer say the cuts, as well as other cost-cutting measures, came alongside an apparent scramble by studio leadership to avoid a total Sony takeover. I was there day one for Halo, which still remains one of my all-time favorite games. It's wild to see what has happened both to that franchise and its creators in the intervening twenty years as the industry moves further and further into the dystopian nightmare of service games. -
Ukrainian Game Developers Persevere - IGN WWW.IGN.COM Game developers from all across Ukraine found their lives upended unexpectedly when Russia attacked their country in late February. IGN spoke to five developers and two gaming event organizers from the country about their experiences over the last several months.
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I'm REALLY pleased to see this type of in-depth reporting from a site like IGN! The Battle for Bungie's Soul: Inside the Studio's Struggle for a Better Work Culture - IGN WWW.IGN.COM IGN has spoken to 26 current and former Bungie employees whose accounts of the studio's work culture span overt sexism, boys' club culture, crunch, and HR protection of abusers, as well as more complex stories of microaggressions, systemic inequalities, and more recent stories of a slow but steady struggle toward improvement.
