House of Games #45 Game Industry News – Layoff Edition

Join us for another installment of discussing recent news in the games industry! 🎮🕹️ This time we delve into Unity's CEO replacement 🔄, layoffs across the industry 😢 and so much more! 🚀🔥 Stay tuned! 🎧🎤

Your Hosts and Their Games
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/ — Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam!
https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch!
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam!
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Switch!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Steam!
https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/game-development-427e99aefd01 — Read Otto’s blog about game development!
https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP — The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.

News Articles
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/9/23910441/unity-ceo-president-john-riccitiello-out-retire — An article about John Riccitiello retiring as CEO of Unity.
https://unity.com/pricing-updates — Unity’s homepage for its pricing changes.
https://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2023/10/04/unreal-engine-no-longer-free-in-2024/ — An article about Unreal Engine’s pricing changes.
https://www.polygon.com/23894267/epic-games-fortnite-unreal-engine-layoffs-2023 — An article about Epic Games’ recent layoff.
https://venturebeat.com/games/layoffs-over-6100-gaming-jobs-have-been-cut-in-2023-so-far — An article about all layoffs thus far in 2023.
https://en.as.com/meristation/news/disney-reportedly-wants-to-buy-ea-and-come-back-swinging-into-the-video-game-industry-n/ — An article about Disney looking to buy EA.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/13/microsoft-deal-to-buy-call-of-duty-maker-activision-blizzard-cleared-by-uk — An article about Microsoft completing its purchase of Activision Blizzard.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/elon-musk-twitter-1.6624859 — An article about Elon Musk looking to fire 75% of X’s (formerly Twitter) staff.

Games
https://www.cyberpunk.net/se/en/ — The homepage for the Cyberpunk 2077 franchise.
https://www.starwars.com/ — The homepage for the Star Wars franchise.
https://ortenwasthecase.com/ — The homepage for Orten Was The Case.

Game Engines and Game Companies
https://unity.com/ — The homepage for Unity.
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US — The homepage for Unreal Engine.
https://godotengine.org/ — The homepage for Godot Engine.
https://www.cdprojektred.com/en — The homepage for CD Projekt RED.
https://embracer.com/ — The homepage for Embracer Group.
https://www.ea.com/ — The homepage for Electronic Arts.
https://www.take2games.com/ — The homepage for Take-Two Interactive.
https://www.amazongames.com/en-us — The homepage for Amazon Games.
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-studios — The homepage for Xbox Game Studios.
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/corporate/playstation-studios/ — The homepage for PlayStation Studios.
https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/home — The homepage for Epic Games.
https://www.konami.com/mg/gate — The homepage for the Metal Gear franchise.
https://www.kojimaproductions.jp/en/death-stranding-ps4 — The homepage for Death Stranding.
https://www.kojimaproductions.jp/en — The homepage for Kojima Productions.

A Recommended Podcast Episode and Recommended Videos
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2643Eufx9fPGoRe7klgvPv?si=yGBwBEhtQZe2nFpsRKRXIQ — Our episode about Orten Was The Case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoRV48qqLPI — A video about the failed launch of Cyberpunk 2077.
https://youtu.be/ub747pprmJ8?si=Ny13Yp6X_dcIpqha — The music video for Right Here, Right Now by Fatboy Slim.

Other Links
https://www.satisfice.com/ — The homepage for James Bach.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator — The Wikipedia page about Netscape Navigator.

Get all the links and the transcript for this episode right here: ⁠https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-45-game-industry-news-layoff-edition-37cb95292a0e