Ep 123: Double Fine's Union Misfire, Skydance Board, Bit Reactor Returns Furloughed Workers

This week, Lotus, Niki, and John dove very deep into the surprisingly busy week of games news, including Kotaku's fascinating report about Double Fine's union misfire, Bobby Kotick joining the Skydance Board, and Star Wars Zero Company dev returning more than have their previously furloughed workers.

00:00:00 Intro & vaccine misinformation

00:12:30 Skydance's new games division

00:20:25 Skydance's new Board includes Bobby Kotick

00:26:59 Kotaku's explosive report about Double Fine's failed unionization attempt

00:58:05 NBA 2K25 to be delisted and servers shut down

01:18:38 Gamestop inflating price of pre-owned PlayStation 5 Pros

01:28:50 Wizards of the Coast union is expanding

01:30:07 Bit Reactor returns more than half of furloughed workers to company

01:33:15 Xbox creates new transmedia division XP

01:40:30 Lego Party is the best one of these around

01:43:40 Skate is even weirder than it was when it launched