Table of Contents The Numbers Don’t Lie What AI Is Actually Doing to Game Studios The Great Hypocrisy: 36% Using It, 52% Hate It Who Gets Hurt the Most Why Studios Keep Using It Anyway The Unionization Wave What I Think Should Happen FAQ Final Thoughts The Numbers Don’t Lie I’ve been following the AI-in-gaming … Read more
Highguard died in 45 days despite ‘fair’ F2P monetization. The backlash proves the entire free-to-play model is broken — not just the predatory versions.
AI slop is flooding gaming with soulless, derivative content. 52% of devs say it’s harming the industry. I break down why the human touch is vanishing.
GTA 6 is skipping PC at launch — again. Rockstar’s double-dip strategy is anti-consumer greed, and I’m done pretending it’s acceptable.
I’m Watching the Games Industry Eat Itself Alive Something is deeply wrong with gaming right now, and I can’t pretend otherwise. Since 2024, over 20,000 game developers have lost their jobs. That’s not a typo. Twenty thousand people — artists, programmers, writers, designers — told their services were no longer needed, often with zero warning. … Read more
Tim Sweeney did what he does best again: send an apologetic memo after laying off hundreds of people. On March 24, 2026, Epic Games cut over 1,000 jobs. In September 2023, it was 870. In total, more than 1,870 people have lost their jobs at Epic in three years — and that’s not even counting … Read more
EA is being sold to Saudi Arabia for $55 billion — the largest leveraged buyout in history. The Sims’ most loyal creators are quitting. LGBTQ+ content is at risk. And $20 billion in debt means your DLC nightmare is about to get worse. Here’s why this deal terrifies me.
Is this the end of gaming? No — but it might be the end of gaming as we know it. AAA is unsustainable, but indie and AA are thriving. The future is smaller, cheaper, and more creative. Updated April 2026.
The game industry in 2026 — layoffs, live service dominance, indie renaissance, AI, and subscriptions. The mess of contradictions from someone who’s watched the cycles repeat. Updated April 2026.
