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Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 1 day ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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This is why we need to have 90 dollar games! /s

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[โ€“] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

On the one hand it sucks that a writer lost their job. And it'll never not suck. On the other hand I love when Apex Legends looks bad. I lost Titanfall 3 for that?

[โ€“] Baguette@lemm.ee 25 points 1 day ago

In a better universe apex and tf3 could have existed at the same time

Unfortunately we live in the universe where games as a live service is the only model that big companies run on, which means all resources must go to just that one game