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Former Kotaku writers are launching a new video game site — and they own it this time
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The website, which is now live, will be co-owned by Nathan Grayson, Gita Jackson, Riley MacLeod, and Luke Plunkett — all Kotaku mainstays who helped shape its incisive voice before leaving the site for one reason or another.Some of the first stories include posts about video game unions, Alan Wake II, a bike ride MacLeod went on, and Starfield’s coffee situation.
Some of the most successful studios have announced layoffs in recent months, including BioWare, Bungie, CD Projekt Red, Epic Games, and Niantic.
Defector was created by furious Deadspin staffers, who felt their former site was suffering under private equity firm Great Hill Partners, which owns G/O Media.
Klepek says the company, which launched in June and has three full-time staffers, has been able to match salaries from Vice, compensate people to appear on their podcasts, and pay freelance writers.
Aftermath is going to be mostly focused on writing, and that might mean it has a harder road competing with other established outlets and individual creators on platforms like Twitch and TikTok.
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