Episode 344 – Seeds of Unemployment

About this episode

The episode discusses recent layoffs at Xbox/Activision/Blizzard and the latest World of Warcraft patch.

This episode we talk about the recent layoffs at Xbox/Activision/Blizzard and also discuss the most recent WoW Patch. Twisted Links Patch 10.2.5: Seeds of Renewal – Went live on Jan 16, 2024 Dragonriding to the Old World! (yay?!) 80% of speed of Dragon Isles though New historical discovery event (Azerothian Archives) Bel’ameth – New Night Elf home Follower Dungeons – Fill out dungeon party with NPCs Gilneas Reclamation Layoffs 1900 Staff are being laid off from Xbox across Activision, Blizzard, Zenimax and More. Mike Ybarra – President and Allan Adham – Co-Founder, leaving (not part of layoffs) Already had a policy requiring people return to the office which caused some to leave. “Soft layoff” Everyone working on development for the new “Survival Game” was laid off. Rocky development, however. Been working on it for 6 years. Supposedly big cuts in Overwatch and Diablo teams. Video/Info from Bellular: Video LINK and Article LINK February Trading Post Mount is good – Reins of the Fur-endship Holidays Lunar Festival 2024/02/03 – 2024/02/17 Love is in the Air 2024/02/05 – 2024/02/19 Coming Soon… Visit us on the blog or on twitter @TwistedNether for further information Next is Episode…

People in this episode

Hosts: Zabby, Fimlys, Joe Sibol

Topics covered

• layoffs
• Xbox
• Activision
• Blizzard
• World of Warcraft
• WoW Patch

Keywords

• Dragonriding
• Azerothian Archives
• Bel’ameth
• Follower Dungeons
• Gilneas Reclamation
• Lunar Festival
• Love is in the Air

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Overwatch, Diablo, Fimlys, World of Warcraft, Reins of the Fur-endship

Books & works: Twisted Links Patch 10.2.5, Dragonriding to the Old World, Survival Game, Monster Techno Blues

Places: Dragon Isles

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