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By ThatParkPlace, 6 September, 2024

Disney announced today that in its latest cost cutting move, it would be slashing funding for its Aspire higher education program for cast members. Aspire is a program in which Disney previously would cover 100% of the cost of higher education for cast members. It was seen as an investment in the people who work […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 6 September, 2024

Sweet Baby Inc. CEO Kim Belair continued to trot out the victim card while also attempting to deny that her company’s end goal is to wokeify and take over the video game industry. In an interview with Black Girl Gamers on YouTube, Belair said, “I think of us almost as patient zero of this wave […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 5 September, 2024

Jon Weisnewski, the Lead Character Designer for Firewalk Studios’ Concord claims the game being “shipped at all is legendary” after the game was shut down in less than two weeks. Firewalk Studios Game Director Ryan Ellis announced at the beginning of September that Concord was getting shut down on September 6th and that the company […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 4 September, 2024

Senior Community Manager for Remedy Entertainment Vida Starčević called for “bigots” to be removed from gaming communities in the wake of Firewalk Studios’ Concord being boycotted and shut down due to low sales. Niko Partners Director of Research Daniel Ahmad initially reacted to the game being shut down, “The comments around Concord from right wing […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 4 September, 2024

In the wake of Firewalk Studios and PlayStation shutting down Concord after just two weeks, gamers are already setting their sites on boycotting the anti-capitalist game Fairgame$ from Haven Studios. Haven Studios, a subsidiary of PlayStation Studios and Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the game with a CGI trailer back in May 2023. As you can […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 3 September, 2024

A new report claims that Star Wars Outlaws sales are 55% lower than sales of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor in the United Kingdom. According to Nintendo Life, Star Wars Outlaws topped the sales charts in the United Kingdom besting Hogwarts Legacy, Elden Ring, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, and EA Sports FC 24. However, […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 3 September, 2024

Games Workshop introduced a new Stormcast Eternals for its Warhammer: Age of Sigmar miniatures line that uses “they/their/them” pronouns. As initially reported by Fandom Pulse, in a preview shared to the official Warhammer website at the end of August, Games Workshop introduced a new character named Iridan the Witness, who uses “they/their/them” pronouns. The preview […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 3 September, 2024

A transgender singer who uses the name Jamila Adderley confirmed that Firewalk Studios turned him into the freegunner Bazz in Concord. According to The Pink News, Adderley wrote on Instagram, “I had to go for a walk because I just don’t like it when PlayStation wants to turn me into the baddest, knife-wielding assassin in […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 3 September, 2024

The abysmal failure of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has reportedly lead to mass layoffs at the game’s developer Rocksteady. A report from Tom Philips at Eurogamer claims the company laid off over half of its Quality Assurance department reducing it from 33 to 15. The report also claims that the layoffs affect those […]

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By ThatParkPlace, 30 August, 2024

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 already appears to be losing viewers after a single episode despite releasing the first three episodes at the same time. The number of IMDb reviews for the first episode of Season 2 and the third episode decreased by over 50%. There are over 3,800 […]

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