Amid mass layoffs at Bungie, the official White House X account issues sociopathic Destiny 2 meme

In its latest videogame-themed, AI-generated meme, the official White House X account has published a Destiny 2 character sheet featuring an unrealistically ripped Donald Trump wielding a Gjallarhorn. “Eyes up, Guardians,” reads the official tweet. In the image itself, a muscular, Duke Nukem-esque Donald Trump wields the United States flag against a backdrop of fighter…

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‘Generational talent just gone’: Developers react in shock at the brutal scale of Bungie layoffs, which has reportedly seen the Destiny 2 team almost completely wiped out

The other shoe has dropped. Following Destiny 2’s last major update and widespread reports that Bungie was preparing for mass layoffs, Sony and the studio announced a “reduction in force” that includes most of the people who were working on Destiny 2, as well as several on the Marathon team and external contractors. Exact numbers…

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Deltarune Chapter 5 launches to nearly 300,000 concurrent players on Steam, Chapter 6 is coming in 2027

The long-awaited fifth chapter of Deltarune hit Steam like an asteroid yesterday, sending its concurrent player count skyrocketing to nearly 300,000—more than double its previous peak player count—and putting the game amidst the platform’s top 10 best-selling games. Despite its age and somewhat irregular release schedule, interest in the game clearly remains high. And for…

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I’ve played countless Doom engine games, so believe me when I say this one that combines the FPS with JRPG combat might be the coolest one in 30 years

I know my Doom, and its many derivatives. I’ve been covering it for years. It has almost never left my PC in over three decades, so I do not say this lightly. End of Starchild—a completely free, standalone game from prolific musician and indie dev Em Essex—might be the single coolest thing built on Doom’s…

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It’s not layoffs, but you can see them from here: Numerous Compulsion Games employees are looking for new jobs

As reports that major layoffs are coming to multiple Microsoft-owned game studios continue to swirl, numerous developers at South of Midnight studio Compulsion Games have indicated that they are leaving the studio and looking for new work. Posting “open to work” messages on LinkedIn is a very common way for game industry employees to search…

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