{"id":48771,"date":"2024-05-07T17:48:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T16:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/a-fing-gut-stab-game-industry-reacts-to-shocking-new-studio-closures\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T17:48:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T16:48:45","slug":"a-fing-gut-stab-game-industry-reacts-to-shocking-new-studio-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/a-fing-gut-stab-game-industry-reacts-to-shocking-new-studio-closures\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A F***ing Gut Stab&#8217;: Game Industry Reacts To Shocking New Studio Closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>One of the worst years for <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/game-industry-layoffs-how-many-2024-unity-twitch-1851155818\">cancellations, cuts, and closures<\/a> in the history of the video game industry has just claimed its next victims, including Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks. 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Developers and fans alike are in disbelief. \u201cGreat teams are sunsetting before our eyes again, and it\u2019s a fucking gut stab,\u201d wrote Dinga\u2026 Read more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48772,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10],"tags":[5644,3527,67],"class_list":["post-48771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pc","category-xbox","tag-cancellations","tag-worst","tag-years"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;A F***ing Gut Stab&#039;: Game Industry Reacts To Shocking New Studio Closures | Xtreme Servers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View &#039;A F***ing Gut Stab&#039;: Game Industry Reacts To Shocking New Studio Closures for free, here on XtremeServers. 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