{"id":231185,"date":"2026-06-07T21:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=231185"},"modified":"2026-06-07T21:54:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:54:56","slug":"keeping-teams-together-doesnt-seem-to-matter-to-people-but-for-us-it-did-star-wars-zero-companys-director-on-what-the-industry-can-learn-from-xcom-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=231185","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Keeping teams together doesn&#8217;t seem to matter to people, but for us it did&#8221;: Star Wars Zero Company&#8217;s director on what the industry can learn from XCOM 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that every week we&#8217;re reporting on news of another wave of layoffs at a big game studio. In March alone, we saw 1000 staff let go at Epic Games, 124 at Eidos Montreal, and over 100 at Ubisoft&#8217;s Red Storm Entertainment. 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