Calandra shared more information on Discord, revealing that the “entire video team” has resigned in response.
This includes Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw, who created the video review series Zero Punctuation.
Confirmation from Yahtzee: https://nitter.net/YahtzeeCroshaw/status/1721687212541280425
Today, I formally resigned from The Escapist and Gamurs. I don’t have the rights to Zero Punctuation, but whatever happens you’ll be hearing my voice again soon, in a new place. Join this discord for updates in the coming days: discord.gg/uFNQKKh6Jq
From the linked Discord:
nickjcal24 — Yesterday at 5:47 PM @everyone since things are happening fast, the entire Escapist video team has either been fired or resigned as of tonight / tomorrow.
This Discord will become the place for what’s coming next.
More news tomorrow.
nickjcal24 — Yesterday at 6:22 PM Resignations and firings pinned here:
https://twitter.com/Darren_Mooney/status/1721683973506568532
https://twitter.com/TheOtherFrost/status/1721683636410261846
https://twitter.com/DesignDelve/status/1721677391368425571
https://twitter.com/nickjcal/status/1721640314203464045
https://twitter.com/YahtzeeCroshaw/status/1721687212541280425
https://twitter.com/JanjoZone/status/1721697403097542874
https://twitter.com/RexiconJesse/status/1721719792007090444
https://twitter.com/_mattjlaughlin/status/1721714880859042098
https://twitter.com/willcblogs/status/1721704228182274123
https://twitter.com/SigmaGears9/status/1721695395376415162
https://twitter.com/ParkesHarman/status/1721692595166794023
https://twitter.com/sassqueenamy/status/1721693823729066025
https://twitter.com/McBiggitty/status/1721922759368872016
https://twitter.com/Harlack/status/1721906693620273233
nickjcal24 — Yesterday at 8:28 PM @everyone we’re going to set the Discord to read-only for the rest of tonight so we can get other work done that we need to do.
Tomorrow you will know more about what our plans are for the future, along with a livestream on Wednesday at 11 AM CT.
We’ll share the links to where all that will be tomorrow afternoon.
Thank you SO MUCH for the support. It means a lot to the whole team and we’re excited for what we’re cooking up next.
Please be good to one another and keep the positivity up. What happened happened and if you’ve been with the new version of The Escapist since 2019, you know we just keep moving forward.
We’re excited and you should be too.
Given how much time they’ve had to think about branding, I’m not sure that this is necessarily the name that they’ll stick with. But I think that it’s probably – while this is in the news – a good move to get people looking at some channel that they do control, so that if they come up with something else, they can tell people about it.
no i mean to be clear, i know that names are hard! you have to think of something that’s catchy but also unique enough to google but also doesn’t sound stupid and also kind of signifies what your outlet is about…it’s hard! And most of the outlets i named also had to come up with their names within a 2-week period where they had no jobs but had to scramble to pick a name while their names were still in the news. You and I are on the same page here.