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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Gamers, devs &amp; creators fighting to take gaming back from corporate greed. Join us to put passion back at the heart of gaming.</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/playersalliancehq.bsky.social</link><title>@playersalliancehq.bsky.social - Players Alliance</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/playersalliancehq.bsky.social/post/3mgvc26i4ic2z</link><description>Overwatch Co-Creator and former WoW dev #JeffKaplan speaks out about the tremendous greed of his corporate ex-bosses, including interference by billionaire investors and threatening to layoff 1,000 people for not meeting revenue goals.&#xA;&#xA;The kind of greed they talk about in the bible.</description><pubDate>12 Mar 2026 20:57 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:rbbbpodkvmlrdgml7jmix5ug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgvc26i4ic2z</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/playersalliancehq.bsky.social/post/3mgsipwlae225</link><description>POV: Your CEO and his private equity partners call you for a Friday 9am meeting after your team delivered the most successful game of 2025.</description><pubDate>11 Mar 2026 18:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:rbbbpodkvmlrdgml7jmix5ug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsipwlae225</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/playersalliancehq.bsky.social/post/3mgs2xkcquc2l</link><description>With the $55B private equity buyout looming, EA is already moving towards what private equity wantsL cutting costs through layoffs and doubling down on live-service, predatory monetization instead of the ambitious experiences gamers were promised. #BlockTheEADeal&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>11 Mar 2026 14:12 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:rbbbpodkvmlrdgml7jmix5ug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgs2xkcquc2l</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/playersalliancehq.bsky.social/post/3mgniokfgyc2m</link><description>EA called Battlefield 6 &#34;the biggest launch in franchise history&#34; and sold 7 million copies in 3 days. But, today, they laid off the devs who helped built it. This is the company asking you to trust a $55B Saudi buyout and their $20B debt.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>09 Mar 2026 18:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:rbbbpodkvmlrdgml7jmix5ug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgniokfgyc2m</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/playersalliancehq.bsky.social/post/3mgnhir5odk2t</link><description>EA published a report about making every gamer feel &#34;welcome.&#34; They&#39;re also selling to the Saudi Crown, which criminalizes LGBTQ+ people. Their own rules prohibit this. These two things cannot coexist.&#xA;&#xA;Gamers, fight back: actionnetwork.org/petitions/block-the-ea-deal-2/</description><pubDate>09 Mar 2026 18:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:rbbbpodkvmlrdgml7jmix5ug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnhir5odk2t</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/playersalliancehq.bsky.social/post/3mgd2uqhogv2e</link><description>Effectively, #EA has found a way to outsource their labor, overcharge gamers, underpay #TheSims creators, and reap the profits for their executives. Just a preview of what’s to come should EA fall under the control of private equity.</description><pubDate>05 Mar 2026 15:01 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:rbbbpodkvmlrdgml7jmix5ug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgd2uqhogv2e</guid></item></channel></rss>