"His wife has said that he relied on an inhaler for asthma, but ICE agents rejected her attempt to give them the device when he was taken into custody."

A bit of good news in the middle of all the bloodbath today: Supercell has announced a Grants program for game development studios across Africa with equity-free grants of USD $20,000–$200,000 to help them reach their next stage of growth. supercell.com/en/news/deve...

I really appreciate the headline here. I think studies need to be done on the CEO brain, do they think we're all very stupid, or do they have no grasp of reality at all? My bet is on a mix of both.

I want to re-emphasize one part of this Xbox story: Half of the 3,200 cuts are happening today and half are happening in the next 12 months. In other words, even people who survived today's layoffs will have to spend the coming year wondering if they're going to be next.

We shouldn't have stopped throwing tomatoes at people that suck.

Dude I saw you autosave before walking up to me whats up man we cool

I love how they expanded on the story in this game.

GG to GDQ

This kinda reiterates why physical media is so important. Because if all our history books become digital, they can change records of the truth on a whim.

seems cruel to make the french go to philadelphia. “je voudrais un steak au fromage” okay buddy

GO! MY LABUBU MISSILE! KILL!

Complete control of value incoming

what if the real video games industry was the people who made the games along the way

EarthBound (SNES, 1995)

Today’s gaming news would be less depressing if retro gaming wasn’t becoming so expensive

It's a bold move of PlayStation to announce the end of the Digital Stores for PS3 and Vita and simultaneously announce the end of physical releases for future PlayStation games. It's some real mixed messaging, and it sucks.

Like many others, Sony ditching discs reminded me of that E3 2013 moment when two now-former PlayStation execs made a mockery of Xbox's convoluted digital gaming rights Xbox One plans by showing that you could share a PS4 game by simply handing it to someone But I'd forgotten about this...

Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!

my belief is that at the end of the day, great games are made by groups of people who have high trust with each other & can fluidly execute a shared vision. which is a small part of why these layoffs are so devastating- it's not just about jobs, it's about these "trust structures" being torn apart.

The thing about social media age restrictions is that it treats today’s internet as an inevitability we all just have to deal with. The internet (and the WORLD) wasn’t like this until like four dudes were allowed to own & monetize as much tech real estate as they wanted. Fix THAT problem.

At least it’ll all be worth it when AI boosts productivity and leads to my wages doubling so I can afford consumer electronics, which I’m sure is the outcome that will happen.

can’t delete this shit

All my hobbies are being destroyed by those that don’t care about anything.

We can finally give you our impressions of the Steam Machine, and more importantly, the groceries we got after selling it. paletteswap.site/dif...

Whatever we do, we CANNOT let “predictors” gain traction as a term. He doesn’t get to sanitize this. Meta wants gamblers. 100 million regular, 18-34 year old gamblers.

every closure and layoff is a tragedy, but seeing bungie people with 20+ years experience affected is hitting extra hard twenty years! people who worked on reach, and halo 2! and you just throw that in the bin? fuck off!

My wife and I had our second child a few days ago and goodness, I had forgotten what an emotional blast that first week with your new baby is. Despite the terrible state of so many things right now, I am endlessly grateful for my beautiful little family.

Beatdown City Survivors is NOT in the steam sale, it will be on sale next month. But also, it's <$10 and sitting at 100% Very Positive on Steam. ✌🏼

Still got it (kinda)

there isn't a problem with the game's industry. there's a problem with every industry and every publicly traded company. getting a "nice CEO who cares" or whatever won't fix anything until things are addressed at a more fundamental societal level. the system will always drive towards this behavior.

I've been affected by the layoffs sweeping across Bungie. I have a lot of feelings about how things went down, but mainly I'm grateful for the talented people I've worked with closely. Grateful to have had this opportunity as my first industry job. You may be seeing me more often from now on. 🖤

The entire Cinematic org was included. Let me know if you're looking to pick up a Director and/or other talented cine folks at any level.

After a decade of working at Bungie, today was my last day as I am being laid off. If anyone needs a Producer, let me know.

Well, I've been affected by the Bungie layoffs, and I guess I'm now looking for work. I'm a senior narrative designer on Destiny 2. I'm going to thread a little list of stuff I've done on the game; normally I go out of my way to avoid attention, but today I'd appreciate reposts.

Would be very keen for us to get a genuine idea of what's happened at Bungie, and understand what that's been like to go through as a developer. I would imagine: not great! Also imagine there are nuances that deserve to be unpicked properly. Connor has handled similar stories with excellent care:

Companies aren't your friends, and you are more than your job.

Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry.

Also the fact you can just remove the "2" from this URL and get the Concord closure sure is something. Can't even be empathetically original in your subject about ruining people's lives: sonyinteractive.com/en/news/blog...

Fuck.

blideo games

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GTA 6 preorder or two Rhythm Heaven Grooves Choose wisely

playing sonic with a snes controller

For @aftermath.site, I reviewed the Steam Machine. It costs $1049 base. It is beautifully designed. It might be one of the most important computers ever made, launched at the worst time imaginable. aftermath.site/steam-machin...

No One At Bar Aware World Cup Game Rerun From 2018

So goofy lmao, love this shit