Lawsuit Dismissed – Infection Podcast Episode 427

Justin Roiland lawsuit dismissed, Twitch layoffs, and more on this week’s episode of Infection Podcast

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• Rick & Morty

• • Rick and Morty Co-Creator’s Lawsuit Is Dismissed, He Lashes Back At ‘Canceling’
    • Source: https://twitter.com/JustinRoiland/status/1638629789258100737

• Gamestop

• • GameStop Profitable For First Time In Years Even As Everything Seems On Fire

• Economy

• • CEOs accuse tech workers of doing ‘fake’ work as layoffs roil industry | The Independent
  • Laid Off Meta Employee Says the ‘Fake Work’ Stories Are True | Entrepreneur
  • 32-hour workweek bill reintroduced in Congress: Will it pass? | The Hill
  • Women Are Hit Hardest by Tech Layoffs | PCMag
  • Gameloft closes Budapest studio as it shifts focus to console and PC
  • Meta layoffs: 10,000 more workers to be cut in restructuring
  • Take-Two confirms layoffs following ‘exponential growth in recent years’ | PC Gamer

• Amazon

• • Amazon is laying off another 9,000 workers | Ars Technica

• Twitch

• • Twitch viewership dips 8% in February as it hit 1.64bn hours | GamesIndustry.biz
  • Twitch Isn’t Backing Down from 50/50 Revenue Split With Streamers
  • Amazon’s Twitch CEO steps down nearly 10 years after acquisition
  • Twitch lays off 400 workers following CEO’s resignation | Massively Overpowered

• Epic

• • Unreal Editor For Fortnite Coming Soon – Epic Games Store
  • Epic will share 40 percent of ‘Fortnite’ purchase revenue with creators | Engadget
  • Epic is merging its digital asset stores into one huge marketplace
    • Marketplace: Fab