<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Dark Hydra</title><description>Studio news, collapses, founder fallouts, and the messy economics of shipping games. Watch this space.</description><link>https://darkhydrastudio.com/</link><item><title>What Game Industry Layoffs Really Signal</title><link>https://darkhydrastudio.com/articles/what-layoffs-really-signal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darkhydrastudio.com/articles/what-layoffs-really-signal/</guid><description>Layoffs are framed as belt-tightening, but they leak the truth about a studio&apos;s finances. A sourced read of Epic, Unity, and the 2023 to 2024 bloodletting.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>layoffs</category><category>games industry</category><category>Epic Games</category><category>Unity</category><category>economics</category></item><item><title>The Anatomy of a Studio Implosion</title><link>https://darkhydrastudio.com/articles/anatomy-of-a-studio-implosion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://darkhydrastudio.com/articles/anatomy-of-a-studio-implosion/</guid><description>How game studios go from hit-makers to headlines. A sourced look at the pattern behind studio collapses, from Embracer to Volition to Mimimi, and the warning signs.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>studio closures</category><category>games industry</category><category>layoffs</category><category>Embracer</category><category>postmortem</category></item></channel></rss>