If knowledge is power, why are game companies setting it alight?

Opinion piece examining how mass layoffs destroy institutional knowledge—the accumulated expertise, procedures, and informal wisdom that keeps studios functioning. Uses Microsoft's 1,600 immediate layoffs and planned 1,600 more as a case study, arguing that losing key employees costs far more than severance, including demoralization and loss of critical technical and procedural know-how.

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Appeared in 2026-07-31.