Layoffs are sucking the joy out of video games This week's gaming news

The production pipeline for mainstream video games has always been hectic. The AAA factory is powered by rigid marketing plans and periods of soul-sucking crunch, and while this process has resulted in incredible games over the years, it's also been detrimental to developers' mental health and long-term job stability. Layoffs have long been baked into the video game industry, but in recent months, this trend has been running in overdrive, and it's happening at studios of all sizes. Hideo Kojima is partnering with Sony to build a new game that's actually more like a movie. Of course, you could say this about any of Kojima's games since Snatcher, but this time around, he's doing the Hollywood thing on purpose.