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FOX on Games - Video Game News & Industry Analysis | Tim Sweeney Steps in After Epic Layoffs
Season 1
Episode 1590
Published 6 days, 15 hours ago
Description
The human cost of 1,000 layoffs. Eammonn Dignam reports on how Tim Sweeney is responding to the heartbreaking case of Mike Prinke, a former Epic Games programmer battling terminal brain cancer. After mass job cuts at the Fortnite maker, the story of Mike Prinke and his wife, Jenni Griffin, went viral, we break down Tim Sweeney’s public apology, the specific severance packages offered to the "Epic 1,000."
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