“What Happens to People When the Studio Closes”: Jason Schreier Announces Release Date for His New Book

Bloomberg journalist and former editor for Kotaku Jason Schreier revealed the release date of his next book, titled “PRESS RESET: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry“. It will hit the shelves on May 11, 2023. Translated into Russian, as in the case of”With blood, sweat and pixels“, the publishing house” Eksmo “will be engaged.

The book will tell readers about what happens to people when the game studios are closed. Author promises tell stories about Irrational Games, Visceral Games, 38 Studios and many other development teams.

“This book is about what happens when game studios are closed. To be more precise, it is about what happens to people in this case. We’ll scale down and share the stories of companies such as Irrational Games (BioShock), Visceral Games (Dead Space) and 38 Studios (Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning), on behalf of the professionals who were actually hit by these closings. What did they go through? How did they manage to overcome these difficulties and move on? How does it feel to work in an industry that can seem so damn volatile? “

“The book covers the stories of many people. Some of them burned out and left the gaming industry. Others traveled across the country in search of new jobs or took the opportunity to fulfill their dreams of independence, creating games like The Flame in the Flood, The Blackout Club and Enter The Gungeon. The book also explores solutions to the problems of volatility (instability) in the gaming industry and attempts to figure out how some of these problems can be corrected. “

Schreier spent about three years writing the book. In his opinion, the stories told in the book can be called wild, shocking, heartbreaking, beautiful, and sometimes even hopeful.

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