93. Sony shuts Bluepoint, Xbox New Head, PEGI Changes, Valve v NYC, EA Layoffs

About this episode

The episode discusses recent developments in the video game industry, including studio closures, layoffs, and changes in age ratings.

On our 93rd episode, we talked about the following topics: Sony Shuts Down Video-Game Studio Bluepoint Former Xbox President's direction reportedly "offended" employees Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week | New Scientist Video game PEGI age-ratings are changing in Europe and it's probably not good news for EA Sports FC | Eurogamer.net EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch - IGN Valve argues loot boxes "widely used, not just in video games but in the tangible world" as it expresses 'disappointment' over New York state lawsuit | Eurogamer.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: High Ping Basterds

Topics covered

• video game industry news
• studio closures
• PEGI age ratings
• EA layoffs
• legal issues in gaming

Keywords

• Sony
• Bluepoint
• Xbox
• PEGI
• EA layoffs
• Valve
• Battlefield 6

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sony, Bluepoint, Xbox, New Scientist, EA Sports FC, IGN, Eurogamer.net, Valve

Places: New York

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