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While there are a lot of good games on the horizon coming out, there is definitely something broken in the current games industry. Studios closing or having mass layoffs. Long running IPs not getting
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While there are a lot of good games on the horizon coming out, there is definitely something broken in the current games industry. Studios closing or having mass layoffs. Long running IPs not getting sequels. Games taking 5+ years to develop, many of them nearing 10+ years. It's a mess.
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- Bluesky ↗ · first seen 2026-06-16 02:53 UTC
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