2024: Record Game Layoffs
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•2024 Was the Year the Bottom Fell Out of the Games Industry
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In 2023 , more than 10,000 developers lost their jobs in the video game industry.
In 2024 , the industry’s job-loss count will wind up being about 40 percent higher than the previous year .
As the industry faltered, games suffered. High-profile releases like Suicide Squad : Kill the Justice League were commercial failures.
In March , online mobs targeted Sweet Baby Inc. branding themselves as Gamergate 2.0 .
They targeted anyone with any connection to Sweet Baby and other consultancies.
Games with Black leads and characters were derided as forced. Female characters deemed unattractive or masculine were suffering from “ DEI chin”.
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