Tom Henderson on X: “Earlier today, Insider Gaming received emails from several Ubisoft employees that two of its studios were shutting down and hundreds of employees would be affected. Subsequently, after corroborating said information, we ran with those stories. This is normal journalism. It’s a” / X

Earlier immediately, Insider Gaming obtained emails from a number of Ubisoft staff that two of its studios have been shutting down and tons of of staff could be affected. Subsequently, after corroborating stated data, we ran with these tales.

This is regular journalism. It’s a standard follow – you get information from sources, you corroborate, you attempt to get a remark from the corporate, and also you publish.

After a few of these tales went reside, Ubisoft contacted us to say that the knowledge was beneath an embargo (which IG by no means obtained), which, frankly, is bizarre however comprehensible, since staff needs to be advised first by their employer. However, earlier than every story went reside, the affected groups have been knowledgeable of the impacts, and that is how we came upon; it simply wasn’t a company-wide announcement but. Sure, there have been in all probability just a few individuals who have been affected and did not know in regards to the layoffs/adjustments, but it surely has NEVER been the media’s job to guard an organization.

Developers discover out about layoffs on a regular basis through the media, and I even know of situations of journalists pursuing a narrative, texting/emailing builders BEFORE their dreaded all-hands assembly to say they might be laid off in a matter of hours. The truth is, it’s shit to report on layoffs, however in the end, it is part of our job.

Am I glad we revealed articles on layoffs immediately? Hell no. But I’m glad that we did what we have been imagined to do.

Personally, I feel as an trade, we’re working into fairly harmful floor once we begin abiding by embargoes about layoffs, however much more so once we publish the data like we realized data from sources somewhat than the corporate itself… But possibly that is simply me.