About this episode
I thought Spartans never died 😢 Also lol at Google announcing 12,000 layoffs less than 12 hours after us saying they hadn't done it yet — [New York Times] Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs - https://nyti.ms/3ky6uJy Support Inside Games! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/insidegamesYT YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFHQlasvjQ0JMOHoKOz4c0g/join Hosted by: Lawrence: http://twitch.tv/sirlarr | Bruce: http://twitch.tv/brucegreene Edited by: ShooklynTV | https://twitter.com/ShooklynTV Written by: Lawrence Sonntag & Brian Gaar | https://www.twitch.tv/briangaar Sources -- [CNBC] Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees - https://cnb.cx/3Wnj9fE [Microsoft Blog] Subject: Focusing on our short- and long-term opportunity - https://bit.ly/3ZLQAvd [CRN] Microsoft’s Top Compensated Execs In 2022; Satya Nadella Leads With $55M - https://bit.ly/3kwZnkj [Bloomberg] Microsoft Cuts Include Game Divisions Behind Halo, Starfield - https://bloom.bg/3kwlXcQ [Kotaku] Microsoft Slashes 10K Jobs, Including At Xbox And Halo Studios - https://bit.ly/3GV09z7 [Mastodon, che chou] https://bit.ly/3WjmQTj [LinkedIn, Neill Harrison] https://bit.ly/3CZVhaS [Twitter, Christopher Blohm] https://bit.ly/3D0xmbu [Eurogamer] Halo veteran Joseph Staten to leave 343 Industries - https://bit.ly/3iO88Gr [Eurogamer] Halo Infinite's multiplayer creative director parts ways with 343 Industries - https://bit.ly/3QOEDAV [Eurogamer] Ex-Halo Infinite developers criticize "incompetent leadership" at Microsoft - https://bit.ly/3XJVmrm [Twitter, Patrick Wren] https://bit.ly/3Xq32yX, https://bit.ly/3weuYd8 [Twitter, Nick] https://bit.ly/3HrDmg9 [Twitter, Stephen Barton] https://bit.ly/3J0M6e4 [Twitter, Tyler Owens] https://bit.ly/3Y0FzVh [Twitter, EckhartsLadder] https://bit.ly/3iKUALT, https://bit.ly/3iO1FLu [reddit, r/halo, TheEternalGazed] https://bit.ly/3QTfBjR [reddit, r/halo, Kiu_98] https://bit.ly/3CWuTyv [reddit, r/halo, ALPB11] https://bit.ly/3HfFYxq [Halo Waypoint] Yuletidings & Yonder - https://bit.ly/3wgDJnd [Wall Street Journal] Unity Software Lays Off More Workers as Tech Job Cuts Grow - https://on.wsj.com/3wgVlzb [Wall Street Journal] Unity Software Becomes Latest Tech Company to Announce Layoffs - https://on.wsj.com/3XqqxIr [Eurogamer] Riot Games reportedly making layoffs - https://bit.ly/3QUc7xu [Twitter, Jacob Wolf] https://bit.ly/3ZHY9mF [Layoffs.fyi] https://bit.ly/3D1mI4l [Wall Street Journal] Amazon Layoffs to Hit Over 18,000 Workers, the Most in Recent Tech Wave - https://on.wsj.com/3XmA8zL [Wall Street Journal] Amazon Confirms Corporate Staff Cuts That Could Hit 10,000 Employees - https://on.wsj.com/3XEA52J [Seeking Alpha] Google: When Will Pichai Drop The Axe? - https://bit.ly/3WwU560 Music — Switch It Up - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/r_HRbXhOir8 Get Back - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/iQYmgOrPEvs Kula - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena https://youtu.be/0bywp0qTVNo Funk Down - MK2 https://youtu.be/SPN_Ssgqlzc