Companies firing employees for AI, only for that AI to help crack their games, leak their exclusives, and those fired employees now create their own studios making the market more competitive

Here's their actual website:

https://www.hidden.horse/

And they've created a Fediverse account:

https://mastodon.social/@hidden_horses

What is it with horses and video game companies.

• Young Horses
• Hooded Horse
• Spicy Horse
• Warhorse Studios
• She Was Such A Good Horse

And now, free from corporate shackles they'll be free to make some actual interesting innovative games again. These innovative games will probably sell well, attracting attention of larger companies who will buy the new gaming studio. Said larger company will churn out generic sequels while slowly firing all the old talent. As the quality diminishes and the formulaic slop they're now making stops selling, the big company will fire everyone and close down the studio. Many of those fired devs will get together and form a new game studio and start publishing interesting games...

Danger Pay

For our first project, Hidden Horses is developing a high-octane single-player FPS. Influenced by games like Smash TV and movies like 1987’s The Running Man, the game will take place on a deadly game show run by a sinister but charming AI host. Our game will focus on classic FPS gameplay, awesome weapons, crazy enemies, and will be highly optimized.

We’ll have a lot to share in the coming months: in-person events, podcast appearances, Q&A’s, and even a promotional beer! Additionally, we will soon be releasing a documentary featuring the development team as well as a teaser for our upcoming project.

Pretty wholesome.

This description is bad. The grammar is off, and the studio was founded by id Software former employees. Some of whom worked on idTech, the game engine.

This is the stuff we need to support to take the big evils down.

id Software still exists?

The id of id? When id became what id sought to get away from? So id splintered off from id to try and make id stuff again? Good for them.

Only to become so successful that they are acquired and laid off again. Rinse and repeat.

Wishing them the best, funding is very hard to secure these days.

hopefully as a syndicate.