Update: Schell Games confirms it has laid off 49 of employees
The news follows reports of layoffs at the studio in August.
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The importance of swapping 'culture as a paint colour' for 'culture as progression'
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Generative AI bots are hammering the platform, causing debilitating downtime and leaving founder Edd Coates facing an uphill battle.
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