2023 has been an incredible year for game releases so far, but it's been a pretty miserable year for the people who make games and the people who write about them. We're talking games layoffs this week as well as news about a series we love and, uh, Aaron Sorkin.

THINGS MENTIONED:

The Verge on the latest gaming world layoffs at Bungie:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/30/23938990/bungie-sony-layoffs-delays-destiny-final-shape-marathon

Aidan Moher's blog on 2023 in gaming:

https://astrolabe.aidanmoher.com/p/astrolabe-35-is-2023-the-best-year

Further reading on 2023 gaming layoffs from No Escape:

https://noescapevg.com/it-hasnt-been-a-good-year-for-games/

Robin Bea from Inverse's preview of the new Avatar game:

https://www.inverse.com/gaming/avatar-frontiers-of-pandora-gameplay-preview

The Verge: Deltarune news, baby!

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/31/23940643/deltarune-chapter-3-release-schedule-toby-fox

DavidSocial.com

Janet Garcia's funny tweet:

https://twitter.com/Gameonysus/status/1720219348110025077

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Nathaniel's on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠nathanbased⁠⁠⁠

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