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Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like (www.pcgamer.com)
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This is why we need to have 90 dollar games! /s

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[–] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just making sure you realize the company would have the copyright for anything you create while on the clock....

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Fuck, well, publish it as another light novel. I'm sure they'll quit soon."

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Ah your next novel is done? Make sure noone reads it, it would diminish the value of the tax-writeoff when we delete it.