Riot lays off over 500 staff, with Legends of Runeterra and Forge indie initiative teams hit hard (www.vg247.com)

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Riot games has laid off over 500 staff, Legends of Runeterra and Forge most affected.

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[-] ptsdstillinmymind@lemmy.studio 1 points 5 months ago

Instead of cutting CEO and executive pay let's fire some of the employees. - sounds about Capitalism

[-] WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago

That's why I honestly respect Nintendo execs because they will take pay cuts over laying off staff when the going is tough! They might occasionally do shitty things or make out of touch decisions but at least they care about the health of their companies. Game companies can't make good games without talent.

[-] WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago

This isn't a necessity for Riot; the American Gaming Corporations are addicted to layoffs because it's a naked display of their power. If they were made to take responsibility for their bad financial decisions, CEOs and other corporate leeches would have their unnecessarily high pay cut.

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