Podquisition 458: Semi-Conscious Life

I want something else. Like a bed.

Games we played this week include:

El Paso Elsewhere (8:30)

Amanda the Adventurer (30:00)

Model Builder (35:00)

Deep Rock Galactic Survivor (49:30)

Forza Motorsport 2023 (56:20)

Dynasty Warriors 9 (1:02:10)

Helldivers (1:05:30)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Epic lays off 16% of workers, gutting studios and seeking to liquidate assets (1:17:05)

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/epic-laying-off-more-than-800

Hatoful Boyfriend dev claims two years of royalties unpaid by Epic (1:21:30)

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/hatoful-boyfriend-dev-accuses-epic-of-unpaid-royalties

Fortnite to implement individual age ratings for all third-party content (57:55)

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/3/23899988/fortnite-creative-age-ratings

Team 17 also lays off workers (1:27:15)

https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/10/02/worms-dredge-publisher-team17-is-the-latest-to-be-hit-by-layoffs

Naughty Dog quietly severing developer contracts early

https://kotaku.com/naughty-dog-ps5-playstation-sony-last-us-part-3-layoffs-1850893794

Former Ubisoft executives arrested on charges of sexual assault (1:33:55)

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/4/23901575/ubisoft-executives-arrest-sexual-harassment-investigation

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