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✨ Bittersweet announcement time ✨ My time at GamesIndustry.biz will be coming to a close at the end of the year. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times! Full thread on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/mariedeal.b…
Semi regular reminder that I don't use Twitter anymore because it's terrible and if you follow me on Bluesky maybe I'll post about Gamescom Asia and how I'm dealing with Singapore's weather (I'm not doing well): bsky.app/profile/mariedeal.b…
Just to reiterate: I'm not here anymore, find me where the grass is greener (and less fascist maybe): bsky.app/profile/mariedeal.b…
Feels like a good opportunity to say that I'll be attending Gamescom Asia this October! ✨ Very exciting!!
Gamescom Asia: We want to give Southeast Asian developers a platform to shine
Project director Daria La Valle on unifying a fragmented market, and what 2024 attendees can expect from the show
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With comments from @serkantoto, I discuss why, beyond Tango Gameworks, Japanese companies have haven't followed the trend seen internationally of instigating mass domestic layoffs and have even seen a relative growth in employment and wages
Following Microsoft's decision to shut down Tango Gameworks, we look at the reasons why Japan has otherwise been sheltered (but not immune) to many of the layoffs and trends seen further afield
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Your must-read for the day, from the always wonderful @socialanigirl - great insights about the Japanese industry and why it's been mostly sheltered from layoffs, featuring analysis from @serkantoto
Following Microsoft's decision to shut down Tango Gameworks, we look at the reasons why Japan has otherwise been sheltered (but not immune) to many of the layoffs and trends seen further afield
gamesindustry.biz/why-are-ja…
As emails start pouring in my inbox already, now is a good time to say I'm not attending Gamescom this year because I decided to take holidays instead. Shocking, I know. Please direct any Cologne-related opportunity to people at GI who are not me
Everything is miserable but talking to the lovely Wholesome Games team was not, and seeing the Direct restored my faith in humanity a bit 🇵🇸
Read my chat with @kimchica25 and @matthewtc about this year’s show and Wholesome Games’ enduring importance
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so, um, i got to interview @remedygames about night springs. i know.
i'd say more but it would just be a string of incoherent excitement 🥹
special thanks to @RiotRMD, @TimePirateNinja, @yourpalclay, and nathalie jankie for chatting with me ✨🌀
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geoff keighley does not own summergamesfest.com. whoever does has spent the past four years using it for activism (and cheese puffs)
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To mark the start of what used to be E3, I've recounted the story of the event, from its inception to its demise, with ancedotes from former execs of Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, EA, Sega. Plus the person who ran the show from 1995 - 2019. gamesindustry.biz/the-life-a…
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Wrote about the Variety games news and how outlets keep laying us all off and then reinventing the things we did--I will be delighted if the future proves this blog wrong
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had a really cool chat with @Laced_audio's danny kelleher about how amazing and important game music is, including the recent release of a special something by @remedygames ☕️✨
Laced CEO Danny Kelleher on educating developers on music business models and its recent partnership with Remedy
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Please amplify the voices of the incredible folks being laid off across GN, in particular GI's very own @JRpotential and Brendan Sinclair, the best colleagues you could ever had. I'm on holidays so this is fun. I'm sad, and not sure how I'm supposed to move on from here
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If you are just hearing about (or have heard about) the Gamer Network acquisition, I'm part of the cut group. So, on that note... if anyone is in need of a spunky (but very nice, I promise) News Editor with over 20 years experience, 15 at VG247, I'm your gal.
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The best Alices in PC games
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NEW: today ign purchased the gamer network of sites, which includes eurogamer, rock paper shotgun, and gamesindustry.biz. according to ex-staffers to whom I've spoken, "almost any department at a company like this you can imagine" has been hit by layoffs
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Brendan Sinclair is too principled to still be on this platform, but on the day someone saw fit to fire him, I'd like to remind potential employers of his brilliance. First, the best regular commentary on the games industry you'll find anywhere:
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GamesIndustry.biz managing editor Brendan Sinclair has been laid off.
It sounds like even more cuts might be happening across the Gamer Network of sites (Eurogamer, RPS, VG247 and others).
This is absolutely devastating news. Brendan's weekly columns are irreplaceable