IGN immediately lays off every non-UK person at their newly bought sites, including some key members like deputy editor Alice Bell (aftermath.site)
Welp, this didn’t take long....
Google Kneecaps Loads Of Very Big Websites After SEO Change (aftermath.site)
I Don’t Want To Spend My One Wild And Precious Life Dealing With Google’s AI Search - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Employees Say ‘Sizable Portion’ Of Gearbox-Owned Studio Has Been Laid Off (aftermath.site)
Today on “the gamedev community literally can’t catch a break”…
Welcome To Aftermath - Worker-owned video game journalism (aftermath.site)
Welcome to Aftermath, a worker-owned, reader-supported news site covering video games, the internet, and the cultures that surround them. Just launched today.
Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone Can’t Let Go Of Stardew Valley (aftermath.site)
The Insomniac Hack Reveals The Ugly Truth Of Video Game Hype - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
The games journalist debate over covering the hack is a look in the mirror
How A Small Video Game Narrative Studio Wound Up At The Heart Of A Massive, Anti-Woke Conspiracy Theory - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Sweet Baby Inc doesn’t even remotely do what many think it does, but on the modern internet, that doesn’t matter
Galacticare Has Got That Old Bullfrog Spirit (aftermath.site)
The New Games Journalism, Same As The Old Games Journalism - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Grown Adult Coward: 'I'm OK With Just Watching Alan Wake II' - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Only You Can Prevent The Game Awards Hype Cycle - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees In Its Games Division - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
How Stupid Do They Think We Are: Media execs don’t want the sites, they just want the names (aftermath.site)
Paradox Lays Off Entire Studio Before Its Game Was Even Released (aftermath.site)
AI NPCs Have Potential, But Not The Kind Big Video Game Companies Want (aftermath.site)
Kotaku EIC Resigns Over New Editorial Edict (aftermath.site)
Media Companies Like Vox Are Feeding Their Journalists' Work Into An AI Wood Chipper (aftermath.site)
Valve Let Team Fortress 2 Rot And They Should Feel Bad About It - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Sony's Neil Druckmann Interview Shows Why We Need Journalists (aftermath.site)
Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees In Its Games Division (aftermath.site)
I Just Wanted To Save My Game - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Fuck It, Let’s Add More A’s - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Skull and bones got described as a “quadruple A” game. Why stop at 4 A’s though?
It’s Exhausting Trying To Read Video Game Website Headlines (aftermath.site)
Every day I wake up in the morning, get on the internet and feel increasingly like Batman trapped in an elaborate puzzle room by the Riddler.