There are only two months left until 2024, but already Number of members: 7,800 of our industry was fired.
Sometimes I feel the need to reiterate this fact. This is because it is easy to become numb to the situation. Sometimes you have to remind yourself that this situation is not normal, it's a disaster. I want to give myself and everyone hope by saying that things are cyclical and our industry will recover from this. But to be honest, the longer this gloomy period lasts, the greater the ripple effect across the industry is expected to be.
It's hard to report on layoffs at the best of times, but the past few weeks have been one hit after another. microsoft, Eidos Montreal, Sony, electronic arts, Let's make a rocket boy, deck nine, super large mass, ZA/UM, crop circle, hidden path and di goute fabric. That's all I can remember at the moment, and it's only been a month. As such, I have nothing to add to this. I just want to remind everyone of what's going on so we don't all get used to it and stop caring. Nothing will get better if you do that.
Okay, let's see — is there any positive news, positive news, anything? I think this week's Pokémon Presents provided a nice reprieve. There wasn't much news, but a new Pokemon mobile game is coming. This time, the nostalgic card battles are revived (I can't believe how long it's been since I held my first Pokemon card). Legends: ZA's announcement piqued my interest. Legends: It looks like it will be a future version of Lumiose City, as opposed to Arceus' journey into the distant past.
As for which games I'll be playing this week, I don't know. Given my knowledge of this industry, it's hard to find escapism in games. But considering that Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth has just been released, I don't think I can get too depressed (as long as my husband will let me within a mile of her PlayStation 5). ). Also, now that some of the server issues have been alleviated, I think I can finally get serious about Helldivers 2. If all else fails, you can always rely on Tomb Raider.
What to play this week:
what's new:
- Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake
- Star Wars: Dark Forces Remastered
- welcome to paradise
- dice fork
- Shiren the Wanderer ~The Mysterious Dungeon of Snake Toguro Island~
- Oakheart Terror
- Disney Eage: Rising Chef
New features for subscription services:
- Maneater (Xbox Game Pass)
- Madden NFL 24 (Xbox Game Pass)
- Indivisible (Xbox Game Pass)
- Space Engineer (Xbox Game Pass)
- Gravitar: Recharged (Prime Gaming)
- Call of Duty HQ (GeForce Now)
- Diablo IV (GeForce Now)
- Fort Solis (GeForce Now)
- Hearthstone (GeForce Now)
- Overwatch 2 (GeForce Now)
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