It seems Game Trailers isn’t the only long-running games site to be closing doors in 2016. The Escapist has just announced a huge lay-off and their office in Durham has closed.
A wild scene unfolded last night as long-time gaming site The Escapist fired some of its team members, including EIC Nick Calandra, for reportedly not meeting goals set by its parent company Gamurs.
RIP Zero Punctuation🥺😢 I hope all the video department employees that left the best of luck and hope they start a new site of their own.
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Rumours are starting to circulate as Jim Sterling - formerly of The Escapist - posted a message on his Twitter, apparently hinting at a lay-off schedule at Escapistmgazine.
As of the time of writing this article, nothing has been confirmed nor denied.
No authors or contributors have been detailed yet but we are sure to see the names of those who have been laid off, over the coming days.
If true, this is the second lay-off schedule which Defy Media has endured in under two years.
There's always patreon, I hope who ever gets laid of quickly lands back on their feet.
It's a shame about the confirmation but I have it on good authority that the laid-off individuals are not going to struggle finding new work.
Defy are at it again apparently.
A lot of aspects of the Video Game Industry are going through change, and it is saddening to see those who have been working in it get affected in these manners.