Erich N Bou
@erichbou.bsky.social
He/Him. ⛰️🎮 Env Level Artist @ Room 8 Studio.
Worked on Killsquad, RF, CoD Warzone, CoD Black Ops 6.
Part time Wizard. My views are my own.
ENG-CAT-SPA
Worked on Killsquad, RF, CoD Warzone, CoD Black Ops 6.
Part time Wizard. My views are my own.
ENG-CAT-SPA
And what about the layoffs of executives and CEOs who repeatedly ignore their workers and drive their companies into ruin, when do those happen? 🤔
January 21, 2026 at 11:21 PM
And what about the layoffs of executives and CEOs who repeatedly ignore their workers and drive their companies into ruin, when do those happen? 🤔
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6 game cancellations will mean many jobs lost in an already horrific market. Ubisoft cancelling 3 new IPs is especially heartbreaking: people are literally clamoring for something new instead of sequels on sequels. The workers at Ubisoft deserve better than this.
Ubisoft cancels Prince of Persia Sands of Time remake
"discontinued 6 games that do not meet the new enhanced quality as well as more selective portfolio prioritization criteria at Group level. These include [PoP] remake as well as 4 unannounced titles, including 3 new IP’s, and a mobile title"
"discontinued 6 games that do not meet the new enhanced quality as well as more selective portfolio prioritization criteria at Group level. These include [PoP] remake as well as 4 unannounced titles, including 3 new IP’s, and a mobile title"
January 21, 2026 at 5:01 PM
6 game cancellations will mean many jobs lost in an already horrific market. Ubisoft cancelling 3 new IPs is especially heartbreaking: people are literally clamoring for something new instead of sequels on sequels. The workers at Ubisoft deserve better than this.
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Hoy toca otro momento de estos
January 3, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Hoy toca otro momento de estos
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I remember getting yelled at when I called out Clair Obscur for using the slop generators earlier this year.
"It was a rogue asset", "It was a contractor", and so on.
Welp, here's the goddamn producer saying they use them.
"It was a rogue asset", "It was a contractor", and so on.
Welp, here's the goddamn producer saying they use them.
December 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I remember getting yelled at when I called out Clair Obscur for using the slop generators earlier this year.
"It was a rogue asset", "It was a contractor", and so on.
Welp, here's the goddamn producer saying they use them.
"It was a rogue asset", "It was a contractor", and so on.
Welp, here's the goddamn producer saying they use them.
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NEW from me on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: I wasn’t going to write about the Larian AI backlash. Then I woke up at 5:30 this morning with a whole dang blog in my head.
How can you know if your workers are “okay” with using genAI tools if you have so much power over them should they push back?
How can you know if your workers are “okay” with using genAI tools if you have so much power over them should they push back?
December 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
NEW from me on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: I wasn’t going to write about the Larian AI backlash. Then I woke up at 5:30 this morning with a whole dang blog in my head.
How can you know if your workers are “okay” with using genAI tools if you have so much power over them should they push back?
How can you know if your workers are “okay” with using genAI tools if you have so much power over them should they push back?
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Can we have some good news for just one day? Please
NEW: For the last seven weeks, Naughty Dog has enacted mandatory overtime for staff to finish an internal demo of their next game, Intergalactic. The game won't be out until 2027, leaving some staff wondering: If they're crunching now, what will next year be like? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Naughty Dog Studio Orders Employee Overtime for ‘Intergalactic’
The Sony-owned gamemakers have been racing to hit a December deadline
www.bloomberg.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Can we have some good news for just one day? Please
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I'm the only one having performance issues with Blender 5.0? Everything runned smoothly and cool before I updated, now it's constant crashes and freezes :(
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I'm the only one having performance issues with Blender 5.0? Everything runned smoothly and cool before I updated, now it's constant crashes and freezes :(
Greed.
November 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Greed.
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¡Encantadísimo de que hayamos currado juntos, aunque sea en campos distintos! xD ¡Ojalá muchos más!
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
¡Encantadísimo de que hayamos currado juntos, aunque sea en campos distintos! xD ¡Ojalá muchos más!
Happy Pew pew pew 7 release day!
Hope you guys enjoy playing it at least as much as we enjoyed making it💜
Hope you guys enjoy playing it at least as much as we enjoyed making it💜
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Happy Pew pew pew 7 release day!
Hope you guys enjoy playing it at least as much as we enjoyed making it💜
Hope you guys enjoy playing it at least as much as we enjoyed making it💜
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Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...
October 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...
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What an utterly dogshit rebrand. Take something unique, characterful and distinctive and make it look like every other bland corporate unbrand out there.
July 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
What an utterly dogshit rebrand. Take something unique, characterful and distinctive and make it look like every other bland corporate unbrand out there.
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Bye forever, WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
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Hemos pasado de decir que los artistas son unos muertos de hambre y unos hippies, a llamarles pijos privilegiados para justificar el robo masivo de su experiencia y trabajo para alimentar a una empresa que se está cargando el planeta.
July 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Hemos pasado de decir que los artistas son unos muertos de hambre y unos hippies, a llamarles pijos privilegiados para justificar el robo masivo de su experiencia y trabajo para alimentar a una empresa que se está cargando el planeta.
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Is there some sort of C-Suite psychosis going around?
Xbox producer recommends laid off workers should use AI to 'help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss':
aftermath.site/xbox-microsoft...
aftermath.site/xbox-microsoft...
July 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Is there some sort of C-Suite psychosis going around?
At what point did I think getting into the video game industry was a good idea
July 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
At what point did I think getting into the video game industry was a good idea
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Let's be 100% clear on this, Microsoft is investing $80 Billion in AI.
This is not conjecture or speculation, it is plainly in their own words back in January this year, they gutted a profitable games division because AI is the new shiny bauble. blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
This is not conjecture or speculation, it is plainly in their own words back in January this year, they gutted a profitable games division because AI is the new shiny bauble. blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
July 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Let's be 100% clear on this, Microsoft is investing $80 Billion in AI.
This is not conjecture or speculation, it is plainly in their own words back in January this year, they gutted a profitable games division because AI is the new shiny bauble. blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
This is not conjecture or speculation, it is plainly in their own words back in January this year, they gutted a profitable games division because AI is the new shiny bauble. blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
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They're building a narrative to justify the planned layoffs post-launch.
EA reportedly expects Battlefield 6 to have 100 million players, three times more than the series' best seller
www.eurogamer.net/ea-reportedl...
www.eurogamer.net/ea-reportedl...
July 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
They're building a narrative to justify the planned layoffs post-launch.
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June 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
