Game Informer shut down, Bungie layoffs

Starside Chat - A Podcast About Video Games

It’s been a rough week in the games industry and for games media. We have to talk about Game Informer being shut down. We also have to talk about Bungie laying off more than 200 employees and all the details that have come out about the company’s mismanagement and financial struggles. After that, we have a few smaller news items, and we talk briefly about some games we’ve been playing and some things we’ve been watching lately.

[News of the Week]

• Game Informer closes, all employees laid off

• Bungie Lays Off Over 200 Employees, Announces Plans For Deeper Integration With Sony

• PlayStation announces limited edition Astro Bot Dual Sense controller

• Crypt Custodian gets a release date - August 27

• New Apex Legends season launching August 6th

• Helldivers 2’s biggest update yet coming August 6

• Gothic Remake Announced

• The Eternal Life of Goldman

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• No Man’s Sky

• IT Crowd

• Taskmaster New Zealand