The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has issued guidelines for studio leaders to create a more sustainable industry following recent layoffs affecting over 8,700 developers. The IGDA emphasizes the need to rethink studio management and invest in games. Electronic Arts (EA) reportedly shut down the UK-based QA team for Apex Legends, sparking concerns about industry practices and talent retention. Industry leaders are urged to address the negative impact of layoffs on game developers and the need for better treatment of employees.
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"There's no shame in failure. But there is shame in making that failure worse, in not allowing a studio to die with some dignity, and in failing to take reasonable care of the employees who devoted themselves to your cause" | This Week in Business https://t.co/ZE0ZyATBQL
"Kotaku asked us some questions about our project for an article that isn't even published so we're shutting down the studio" is a new one. Fuckin' gong show.
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"Developers can deliver hit games to their employer and receive nothing more than a pink slip in the way of thanks. Not because layoffs were necessary, but because some executive thought of the practice as basic hygiene" | This Week in Business https://t.co/ZE0ZyATBQL
Industry leadership likes to pay lip service to how seriously it takes layoffs, but their actions too often suggest otherwise | This Week in Business https://t.co/ZE0ZyATBQL
"With more than 8,700 game developers affected by layoffs this year, the gravity of this situation and its impact on the industry cannot be overstated" - The IGDA, in a "call to action" on games industry layoffs https://t.co/FTB2yvHU17
EA reportedly cuts Apex Legends' UK-based QA team https://t.co/bEgegynGU6 #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev
IGDA: Studios must take action and ‘stop driving talent away’ with layoffs https://t.co/VTuakk39QL
EA reportedly kills Apex Legends' UK-based QA team https://t.co/bEgegynGU6 #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev
"The ball has been dropped by a lot of these big studios... It's not okay. And it's not just the layoffs, but it's also just the conditions in which folks are working. We need to rethink what it means to run a studio, to invest in games." -Jabari Alii https://t.co/wDibudTmOZ
IGDA addresses recent layoffs, gives studio leaders six points to follow for a more sustainable industry https://t.co/FTB2yvHmbz