The new ReedPop-run E3 died before it could live… or was it… MURDERED?! (Spoiler: It was murdered.) Also: GameStop leans on cost cutting to finally turn a modest profit, Microsoft is one step closer to closing its Activision deal, established studios expand, while layoffs also run rampant.
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TIME STAMPS
- [00:01:54] – E3 is DED! (Again!)
- [00:17:46] – Circana US Video Game Spending Report for February
- [00:25:14] – GameStop FY 2023 Earnings
- [00:29:43] – Investment Interlude
- [00:41:51] – Quick Hits
- [00:53:02] – Labor Report
SOURCES
- GameStop Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2022 Results | GameStop
- Epic-Owned Bandcamp is Unionizing | Bandcamp United (@bandcampunited) on Twitter
- Twitch lays off hundreds amid Amazon cuts | Polygon
- 16 Years Of Twitch | Twitch
- Layoffs reported at Worms maker Team17 | Eurogamer
- Logitech Cuts 300 Jobs on Post-Covid Slump in Computer Gadgets | Bloomberg (Paywall)
- An update on our people and business | EA
- Disney Shuts Down Metaverse Unit as Part of First Wave of Layoffs | Variety
INVESTMENT INTERLUDE
- UK regulator sides with Microsoft over Call of Duty on PlayStation concerns | The Verge
- Small band of gamers fail to block Microsoft Activision Blizzard bid | Eurogamer
- Ex-Blizzard leaders Jen Oneal and J. Allen Brack create startup studio Magic Soup Games | GamesBeat
- PCF GROUP (PEOPLE CAN FLY) WILL HAVE A NEW 10% SHAREHOLDER — KRAFTON INC., ONE OF SOUTH KOREA’S LARGEST GAME PUBLISHERS AND DEVELOPERS | People Can Fly
- Maximum Entertainment Completes the Acquisition of FUN Labs | Zordix
- Respawn opens third studio to keep Apex Legends going for ’10 to 15 years’ | GamesIndustry
- Total War makers open a third development studio | PC Gamer