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Paizo's $10 million inventory is stuck in a warehouse limbo and people are losing their jobs over itIndustry

Paizo's $10 million inventory is stuck in a warehouse limbo and people are losing their jobs over it

Paizo, the studio behind Pathfinder, has $10 million of inventory frozen in a warehouse following Diamond Comics' bankruptcy - and the fallout has already forced the company to lay off staff.

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Microsoft is literally paying people to rage quit nowIndustry

Microsoft is literally paying people to rage quit now

Microsoft is reportedly offering voluntary buyouts to around 7% of its US workforce - a historic first for the company - following a year that already saw 15,000 employees laid off.

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Epic Games left a terminally ill employee without life insurance after layoffs - CEO Tim Sweeney says they'll "solve" itIndustry

Epic Games left a terminally ill employee without life insurance after layoffs - CEO Tim Sweeney says they'll "solve" it

Epic Games' mass layoffs left programmer Mike Prinke, who has terminal brain cancer, without life insurance. CEO Tim Sweeney has since said Epic will "solve the insurance" after the story went public, per Rock Paper Shotgun.

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Amazon forced devs to build an AI game, they did it, then got fired anyway - classic boss moveIndustry

Amazon forced devs to build an AI game, they did it, then got fired anyway - classic boss move

Amazon reportedly pressured an internal game studio to build an AI-driven game, the team scrambled to comply - then got laid off in October 2025 anyway, according to Eurogamer.

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EA posts $8 billion record while Battlefield devs polish their resumes - gaming's cruelest speedrun continuesIndustry

EA posts $8 billion record while Battlefield devs polish their resumes - gaming's cruelest speedrun continues

EA just posted an $8 billion sales record months after laying off Battlefield 6 developers. Also, Control 2 was made surprisingly cheap and FF7 Rebirth part three might get DLC, per Kotaku.

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