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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 18/05/2026

I updated my games jobs resource! It pulls live roles from 26 ATS platforms across ~296 companies. Right now there are 11,072 open positions. All of it completely free, no ads, ever. Just open the page and start looking. alexanderrehm.com/gamejobs

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 18/04/2026

ICYMI, Save the World news! Gather your squad, find your favourite gear, and Save the World.The fight is on in Fortnite Save the World, now available and free to play on all platforms, and it runs beautifully on Switch 2, where I'll be playing it tonight!

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 06/03/2026

Good morning, Night City! We've got a surprise for you...

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 01/03/2026

My Resident Evil 9 experience so far...

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 21/02/2026

The Shadow Monarch rises. Sung Jinwoo. Cha Hae-in. Igris. Available now in Fortnite. Solo Leveling: ARISE | Fortnite

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 12/02/2026

What an incredible milestone - huge congratulations to @warhorsestudios.bsky.social on 5 million copies of Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 sold!!!

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 15/01/2026

Massively excited to see the release of the Switch 2 Edition of Animal Crossing New Horizons today. I am looking forward to go back to my island (though I imagine they have all left by now and the island is a 🗑️🔥 by now...) You can get the upgrade here: www.shopto.net/en/ndo100164...

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 09/12/2025

Learn how to build animation-friendly rigs from the ground up with our 'Rigging in UE 5.6 Workshop,' now available for free on the Epic Developer Community ➡️ dev.epicgames.com/community/le...

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 05/12/2025

Great to see Fortnite on top last month with ~851 articles. Chapter 7 Season 1 launched globally on November 29th, following the Zero Hour live event, which brought over 10.5 million players online simultaneously across all platforms. Source: www.linkedin.com/pulse/footpr...

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Footprints Weekly - Tracking games media coverage

This Newsletter is dedicated to Footprints: the PR reporting tool that collects, analyses, and shares the video games coverage that matters to you. This week, you’ll find the best video games coverage...

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 30/11/2025

Truly amazing to see 10m+ players joining yesterday to the Zero Hour event on #Fortnite Thank you all for coming to save the world!

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 13/09/2025

40 years ago, gaming changed forever. Super Mario Bros. was released in Japan on September 13th, 1985 for the NES.

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 06/09/2025

God I hate that. My shed is falling apart and it's become home to a range of insects and spider families. I'm going to get a flamethrower....

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 01/09/2025

I am beyond excited to announce that I have joined Epic Games today. I am joining as Product Director, LiveOps, for Epic Online Services, where I will be working on defining product strategy, roadmap development, Live Operations, and strategic planning relevant to the LiveOps space!

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 29/08/2025

The end. As I close my chapter at People Can Fly Studio, I’m filled with gratitude for the journey. I’ve had the pleasure of working with some truly talented people who have previously worked on some incredible games. The work we have done over the past years has been nothing but incredible.

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 11/08/2025

PSA: please update your WinRAR and 7zip applications. Two new vulnerabilities were found in the past days, affecting both WinRAR and 7zip (or any fork of 7zip using Libarchive). Sources: - WinRAR: lnkd.in/dgjUXxR2 - 7zip / libarchive: lnkd.in/dcPxzskH

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 30/07/2025

Wow... 47,000 followers on LinkedIn! www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 03/07/2025

- Blizzard Entertainment - up to 100 people laid off, support for Warcraft Rumble discontinued. Wider impact: - Romero Games Ltd. - number of layoffs unknown

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 03/07/2025

- Raven Software - number of layoffs unknown. - Sledgehammer Games - number of layoffs unknown. - Turn 10 Studios - nearly half of the staff or more than 70 employees laid off. - Undead Labs - number of layoffs unknown. - High Moon Studios - number of layoffs unknown.

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 03/07/2025

- ZeniMax Online Studios - number of layoffs unknown, MMORPG code-named Blackbird canceled. - Rare Ltd - number of layoffs unknown, Everwild canceled. - King - 10% of the staff (~200 people) laid off. - Halo Studios - number of layoffs unknown.

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 03/07/2025

Update from yesterday's layoffs, as of 20:30 BST / 12:30 PDT: Microsoft's layoffs resulted in the following: - The Initiative - studio closed, Perfect Dark remake cancelled. - Bethesda Game Studios - part of the staff in Europe laid off.

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 02/07/2025

@jasonschreier.bsky.social, Undead Labs has also been affected, looking through my friends' statuses on LinkedIn

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 18/06/2025

Wonderful news to wake up to: Valve corporation confirmed in writing that our game Lost Rift was one of the most played demos of Steam Next Fest!! This is not only amazing news, but also testament to the amazing work the entire team has delivered to make this happen.

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 18/06/2025

"Which Game Studios are hiring right now?" Oh boy, I have been waiting for this update! 👹 Over 666 studios have come forward to share jobs with me or be put on my list, and the list is growing every week! 🎉 You will find them all in my Games Jobs Resources! ➡️ alexanderrehm.com/gamejobs⬅️

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 14/06/2025

Incredible! 45,000 followers on LinkedIn! This is amazing (and humbling)!

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 17/05/2025

And what's more, we've activated friend invites - invite up to 3 friends into the game, build your base and explore the mysteries of Pioneer's Landing! If you haven't yet requested access, now is the time: store.steampowered.com/app/3494520/... (also, please wishlist!)

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Lost Rift on Steam

Lost Rift is a First Person Survival Shooter Adventure that blends base-building PvE co-op with high-stakes PvPvE extraction gameplay set on a mysterious archipelago that can be explored solo or in te...

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 17/05/2025

In case you missed it, our Lost Rift playtest is currently live, and it's been extended for the whole weekend!! Get to experience People and Fly's latest game first hand - no NDAs, you can even stream it!

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 10/05/2025

Signups for the Lost Rift playtest are now live!! Want to test our new survival game ahead of everyone else? Then jump over to our Steam page and click the Request Access button! store.steampowered.com/app/3494520/...

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Lost Rift on Steam

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 02/04/2025

Lost Rift news! Following our Announce trailer at Future Game Show, we are excited to show you a little preview of Lost Rift's real-time, dynamic weather system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Uj... Wishlist the game here: store.steampowered.com/app/3494520/...

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Lost Rift | Early Access Weather Showcase | Wishlist on Steam

YouTube video by Lost Rift

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 20/03/2025

If I was a betting man, I would say tonight's show at 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET, and 8 pm GMT would be one to watch.... 🫡 Watch it on: Twitch: www.twitch.tv/futuregamess... YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/JsFTvIs... Steam: store.steampowered.com/sale/futureg... Epic: store.epicgames.com/en-US/events...

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 04/03/2025

Amazing news: Capcom announced that the total sales for Monster Hunter Wilds surpassed eight million units in just three days! It is the fastest a title has reached this milestone in Capcom company history. (source: www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/n...)

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 25/02/2025

Note more layoffs.... Warner Bros. Games shut down three studios: Monolith Productions (WB Games), Player First Games, and WB San Diego. The shutdowns affect hundreds of employees across three separate studios. www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 23/02/2025

Quite impressive! The new Mecha Break demo is absolutely dominating Steam, with player numbers having overtaken GTA 5 and Marvel Rivals!

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 04/02/2025

4.82 million Switch consoles were sold in the three months from 1st October to 31st December 2024, which breakdown as follows: - 2.57m - Switch OLED Model - 0.76m - Switch Lite - 1.48m - Switch This puts the console less than 4 million sales away from the Nintendo DS (154.02 million)

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 04/02/2025

Sales of Nintendo Switch have now passed the 150 million mark, according to Nintendo's latest financial results. The firm released its quarterly results today revealing that it has now sold 150.86 million Switches worldwide since the system launched in March 2017.

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 27/01/2025

Oh yes, we're working on that one! peoplecanfly.com/partnership-...

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 19/01/2025

Streamdeck LCD owners: did you upgrade to an OLED?

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 17/01/2025

📓 Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry ✍ Jason Schreier 🔗 amzn.eu/d/6SoA4r8 📓 Theory of Fun for Game Design 2ed ✍ Ralph Koster 🔗 amzn.eu/d/dXOm4kt 📓 Game Feel: A Game Designer's Guide to Virtual Sensation ✍ Steve Swink 🔗 amzn.eu/d/f9jj6pd

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 17/01/2025

📓 Buzzing Communities: How to Build Bigger, Better, and More Active Online Communities ✍ Richard Millington 🔗 amzn.eu/d/5aCKkm3 📓 Blood, Sweat, and Pixels ✍ Jason Schreier 🔗 amzn.eu/d/9VdFq1e 📓 Significant Zero ✍ Walt Williams 🔗 amzn.eu/d/2mLGWgj

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 17/01/2025

📓 Up Down Up: Why Some Game Companies Succeed, While Others Fail ✍ Kim Nordstrom 🔗 amzn.eu/d/1TviKkq 📓 Gather: How to Build a Mission-Driven Online Community ✍ Bex Band 🔗 amzn.eu/d/gRwJzKt 📓 Social Architecture: Building On-line Communities ✍ Pieter Hintjens 🔗 amzn.eu/d/4QGPqw9

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 17/01/2025

📓 The Phoenix Project ✍ Gene Kim, Kevin Behr and George Spafford 🔗 amzn.eu/d/9b7sr2W 📓 Games As A Service: How Free to Play Design Can Make Better ✍ Oscar Clark 🔗 amzn.eu/d/7UpVc0l 📓 Running a Successful Live Service Game: Live Outside of Game Updates ✍ Sergei Vasiuk 🔗 amzn.eu/d/4Wt55sA

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 17/01/2025

📓 Who Moved My Cheese? ✍ Dr Spencer Johnson 🔗 amzn.eu/d/gRwJzKt 📓 Our Iceberg is Melting ✍ John Kotter 🔗 amzn.eu/d/cAslF2c 📓 Freakonomics Revised and Expanded Edition: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything ✍ Steven Levitt 🔗 amzn.eu/d/0GoguTi

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 17/01/2025

Leadership in Games is hard. Leading Live Games is even harder. You need experience, patience, and the ability to manage change, every step of the way. The Player Experience comes first and foremost, and you need to adapt. To support my learning, here is my reading list:

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 09/01/2025

GameLook did a deep dive into the revenues of Marvel Rivals' first month: ↳ Steam exceeds $54.5m ↳ PlayStation 5 follows with over $27.2m ↳ Xbox Series X|S is estimated at around $2.7m ↳ Including the Chinese-specific client operated by NetEase, the total might be about $136.4m 😲

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 04/01/2025

This is the first time I've been roasting my own beans using a Horoku (in the background of the photo). It's a very exciting and also a bit nerve wracking experience, having only had a little amount of Ethiopian Sidamo to do my first try. The smells in the kitchen are amazing!

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 02/01/2025

Tell me you are a dad with a screenshot of your Audible library.... Big love to Kim Nordstrom and Jason Schreier - had to buy them on audio as my physical copies were either misplaced or still at my dad's house in Germany!

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 01/01/2025

Finally did it. I managed to end 2024 by completing the Dark Tower books on the 31st of December. Absolutely loved them, despite book 3 taking me over a year to finish due to wanting to complete the Metro books first. Onto the Witcher books!

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 01/01/2025

I am so excited!! I played the first one so many times!

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Alexander Rehm @alexanderrehm.com · 28/12/2024

Huge congratulations to @square-enix-games.com and Platinum Games on 9m units of Nier: Automata sold!

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