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In cutting off Baldur’s Gate 3’s GOTY speech, the Game Awards cut the show’s only real mention of mass layoffsLarian boss Swen Vincke shares what he would have said in full
Larian boss Swen Vincke shares what he would have said in full
Image credit:The Game Awards
Image credit:The Game Awards
“I’m really sorry to hear so many of you were let go,” Vincke wrote ina Xitter thread. “It’s a sad thing to realize that of the people who were in the original meeting room, there’s almost nobody left. I hope you all end up well.”
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While praising the Baldur’s Gate 3 team, Vincke gave special mention to “a group of people that don’t always get the credit they deserve”, namely “Team QA, team localisation, team customer support, team operations, team publishing [and] team play testers”.
Vincke added that “many developers, myself included […] don’t care that much about the money made beyond it being the fuel they need to create new and better games. It’s worth reminding everyone that fuel is but a means, not a goal.” I don’t doubt Vincke’s fine intentions, but celebrating developers as not being in it for the money is an odd way to follow up a reference to hundreds of people losing their livelihoods. Best of luck this Xmas if you’re one of the people laid off this year.
