Episode 187: When A Publisher Won’t Use the Word ‘Layoff’ (News Show)
Update: 2025-02-04
Description
There are few things worse than yet another company laying people off… and EA has committed the sin of obfuscating job losses. Also: Earnings season is underway, the Circana report for December 2024 and the full year, a recap of the GDC State of the Industry report, and more.
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TIME STAMPS
- [00:00:49 ] - EA Takes a Tumble
- [00:12:58 ] - Microsoft Q2 FY25 Earnings
- [00:19:38 ] - Capcom Q3 FY25 Earnings
- [00:25:39 ] - Circana Report on U.S. Video Game Spending for December 2024 and Full Year 2024
- [00:35:25 ] - Learnings from the GDC State of the Industry Report
- [01:05:38 ] - Investment Interlude
- [01:14:06 ] - Quick Hits
- [01:25:21 ] - Labor Report
- [01:38:15 ] - Listener Questions
- [01:50:18 ] - FAFO
SOURCES
- Electronic Arts Pre-Announces Preliminary Q3 FY25 Results | EA
- Electronic Arts EVP Jacob Schatz sells shares worth $215,174 | MSN
- Earnings Release FY25 Q2 | Microsoft
- Consolidated financial results for the 3rd Quarter of FY2024 | Capcom
- Meta Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results | Meta
- The drone pilot who took out an LA firefighting plane pleads guilty to escape prison | The Verge
INVESTMENT INTERLUDE
- Pocketpair launches publishing business [Pocketpair Publishing] and announces first publishing partnership with SURGENT STUDIOS. | Pocketpair
- Virtuos acquires three studios to 'significantly augment' development support capabilities | Game Developer
- Board game distribution major Alliance gets $39m buyout bid as owner Diamond Comics files for bankruptcy protection | BoardGameWire
- Closing of Easybrain divestment | Embracer Group
LABOR REPORT
- BioWare Studio Update | BioWare Blog
- Reflector confirms more layoffs after Unknown 9 falls short of expectations | Game Developer
- Phoenix Labs Lays Off Most of Its Staff | Phoenix Labs on LinkedIn
- Ubisoft Layoffs and Closures | Ubisoft Leamington on LinkedIn
- Fast Travel Games Lays off 30 People | Fast Travel Games on LinkedIn
- Studio co-founded by Dr Disrespect closing after three years working on new FPS | PCGamesN
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