media 
group 
Gamurs (Twinfinite, Destructoid, Dot Esports) declares mass layoffs
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/gaming-media-group-gamurs-cuts-30-staff-blaming-google-helpful-content-update/
and esports brands including Twinfinite, Dot Esports and Destructoid and is based 
between 
Australia, the US and Europe, informed affected staff 
simultaneously via a blanket 
email.
The cuts appear to have affected several editors and long-serving employees.
The mass email told laid-off staff
It's over for gaming journos
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One included the word "hashtag" before using it, the second has been laid off MULTIPLE TIMES BY THE SAME COMPANY, and the third still has a Hotmail account
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There's nothing wrong with that, go frick yourself
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At least the third
one doesn't state 
his pronouns.
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Did you just assume pronouns there
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So... after all these years, G*mergate finally won?
!G*mers, discuss.
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G*mergaters are like the Taliban. They fought the long war and outlasted their foes
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And both groups like underaged boys?
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g*mergators won when Trump became president
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Again
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Gaming journos are completely pointless this day and age. Once upon a time they used to break news and had industry insider privileges that were unavailable to the common public. But then gaming companies realized they could just drop their news themselves. Surprised it took them so long to figure that out
So what purpose do they serve now?
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How hard could it be to just host a basic blog where you post dev diaries, interviews and news? Path of Exile has done it for nigh a decade now.
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It wasn't hard but unless you sucked off the gaming companies with at least 8/10+ reviews, you didn't get early access, so your review would drop 3-4 weeks after everyone else's dropped. This doesn't matter so much now, but back in the early 00s when everyone got reviews from magazines it did.
It was always a corrupt piece of shit industry.
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You can but a lot of indie devs i see these days don't. Like they release their game and then it'll be 8 months between updates with hardly any communication in between.
Have no idea how they keep it together without someone at the helm saying "we should keep our audience informed"
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Tbf Path of Exile had no choice being in NZ where a brisk wind could knock out all of their internet infrastructure.
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We get to laugh at them
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It's such a crappy game.
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Remember when "gaming" as a brand wasn't completely cringe yet?
X play was pretty fun to watch during the summers.
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Tbf 'gaming' died in 2014 when "g*mers didn't need to be your audience" and the idea of 'players' being the good guys who game was pushed and then fell flat immediately because none of the people in that camp could be considered a 'player' in any sense of the word.
flashback to Skinner Box pidgeon vs Cuphead Reviewer
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So... the Phillipines?
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I've heard of Destructoid, the other sites are literally who?
Wake me up when IGN finally folds.
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!besties
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Grim
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Total
Incel
Victory
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I hope all "gaming" media outlets fail.
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Why pay journos when AI can do it for free?
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Wtf are you talking about you fricking idiot out of my last 20 posts only 4 are links and the majority are longposts
You don't know shit you dumb motherlover this is literally MY SITE I am the mascot and everyone loves me and my posts are great.
GTFO you've just made an enemy of a very big dog around here and it's going to make your life very difficult. You are best off just making a new account now. Not that I won't know any alt you make but I might be merciful.
Seriously you clearly aren't rdrama material your powers of deduction are subpar, you aren't funny, you can't recognize funny, and you should k*lol yourself.
Snapshots:
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journ*lism/gaming-media-group-gamurs-cuts-30-staff-blaming-google-helpful-content-update/:
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
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