Episode 197 - The Fall Of Ubisoft

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In this episode...
--> Ubisoft is following up last week's "portfolio reset" of canceled and delayed games with the announcement that it's exploring eliminating 200 roles at its Paris headquarters through a "voluntary mutual termination agreement," along with a pledge to double down on “player-facing Generative AI.”
--> The upcoming Fable reboot has 1,000 "handcrafted" NPCs, and you can apparently marry every single one of them.
--> Valve needed to "verify" footage of the alien orgy in the new Earth Must Die before it was allowed to launch on Steam.
--> Also: Top 3 New Releases, Trivia

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