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We’re solely two months into 2024, and we’ve already seen 7,800 members of our business laid off.
Typically I really feel that reality must be reiterated, as a result of it’s very straightforward to change into numb to the state of affairs. Sometimes, I must remind myself that this example isn’t regular — it’s a disaster. I need to give myself and everybody hope by saying that issues are cyclical and our business will come again from this. However, being sincere, the longer this gloomy interval goes on, the larger the ripple results are in search of the whole business.
It’s arduous to report on layoffs at the most effective of instances, however the previous few weeks have been nothing however hit after hit: Microsoft, Eidos Montreal, Sony, Digital Arts, Construct a Rocket Boy, Deck 9, Supermassive, ZA/UM, Crop Circle, Hidden Path and Die Gute Fabrik. These are simply those I can recall in the mean time, and that’s only one month. I’ve nothing so as to add to this, per se — I simply need to remind everybody of the scope of what’s occurring so we don’t all change into inured to it and cease caring. Nothing’s going to get higher if we do.
Okay, let’s see — optimistic information, optimistic information, is there any available? I suppose the Pokémon Presents this week provided a pleasant reprieve. There wasn’t a complete lot of reports, however we’re getting a brand new Pokemon cell recreation, this time bringing again the nostalgia of card battles (I can’t imagine how lengthy it’s been for the reason that first time I held a Pokémon card in my arms). The announcement of Legends: Z-A intrigued me, because it seems to be going right into a future model of Lumiose Metropolis, versus Legends: Arceus’s journey to the distant previous.
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As for what video games I’m enjoying this week — I don’t know, it’s arduous to search out escapism in video games given what I do know concerning the business. However on condition that Remaining Fantasy VII: Rebirth has simply dropped, I assume I can’t be too down (assuming my husband lets me inside a rustic mile of the PlayStation 5). Additionally, I believe I’ll lastly throw myself into Helldivers 2 correctly now that among the server points have been mitigated. If all else fails, there’s at all times Tomb Raider to fall again on.
What to play this week:
What’s new:
- Remaining Fantasy VII: Rebirth
- Brothers: A Story of Two Sons Remake
- Star Wars: Darkish Forces Remaster
- Welcome to ParadiZe
- Dicefolk
- Shiren the Wanderer: The Thriller Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island
- Terror at Oakheart
- Disney Iwájú: Rising Chef
New on subscription providers:
- Maneater (Xbox Recreation Cross)
- Madden NFL 24 (Xbox Recreation Cross)
- Indivisible (Xbox Recreation Cross)
- House Engineers (Xbox Recreation Cross)
- Gravitar: Recharged (Prime Gaming)
- Name of Responsibility HQ (GeForce Now)
- Diablo IV (GeForce Now)
- Fort Solis (GeForce Now)
- Hearthstone (GeForce Now)
- Overwatch 2 (GeForce Now)
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