CSB358: Jeff Epstein The NY Financier That Invented Microtransactions? What Happened?

Feb 3, 2026

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1. GDC Survey Results: One-Third of U.S. Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off Over the Last Two Years, GDC Study Reveals

2. Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'

3. Ubisoft hopes 200 employees at its Paris HQ will agree to quit so it doesn't have to lay them off the regular way

4. Keiji Inafune-founded studio dissolved. comcept shuts down - Gematsu

5. After a server glitch, Final Fantasy 11 is dispatching Game Masters to manually assassinate bugged monsters just so the game knows they're really dead: 'God personally stepping in to correct the world itself'

6. Jeffrey Epstein was permanently banned from Xbox Live

7. Newly-Released MMO Ashes of Creation Left in Tatters as Senior Team Quits and Management Issues Layoff Warning — and Now Steam Is Reportedly Investigating

8. Ashes of Creation is done. Steven Resigned. All employees are let go.

9. THE NETFLIX DEVIL MAY CRY VIDEO (From the Visionary Mind of Adi Shankar)

10. 'We Remain Committed and Focused': Beyond Good & Evil 2 Creative Director Gives First Statement Since Ubisoft Reorganization