About this episode

The episode discusses recent layoffs in the gaming industry and the implications for physical media and game development.

Ubisoft was the latest company to do layoffs but talks about losing key talents and skills is a big danger for the, to the surprise of no one but themselves. Supposedly Bungie could be working on a single-player Destiny type game with an open world. Rumors form of an Xbox program to convert your physical games to digital copies which further presents the death of physical media for video games. Bethesda union workers are protesting mass layoffs. #ubisoft #bungie #destiny #assassinscreed #xbox #sony #bethesda #videogames #allyoucangeek #podcast #aycg

People in this episode

Hosts: Jim, Corey, Mike, Tony

Topics covered

• video game industry
• layoffs
• digital media
• game development
• union protests

Keywords

• Ubisoft
• Bungie
• Destiny
• Xbox
• Bethesda
• video games
• layoffs
• digital copies
• Assassin's Creed

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ubisoft, Bungie, Xbox, Bethesda, Sony

Products: Destiny

Books & works: Assassin's Creed

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