''Aftermath'' is an

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video game website and blog launched in 2023. The site was created and is owned by several former writers of other news websites. Alongside news about video games, the site also publishes content related to internet culture, and also manages a podcast. The site uses a

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Content

''Aftermath'' is a video game website that primarily covers video games, the video game industry, and internet culture. The site also manages a podcast that covers additional subjects, such as 52 Pickup, which covers comic books. Alongside the sites main writers, the site also has a number of "featured contributors" and

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that publish content on the site. While other news websites primarily host advertisements to make profits, ''Aftermath'' uses a

that is required to access the sites content.

History

In 2023, several divisions of news websites that covered video games were shut down, with several more laying off several writers. These included the shutdowns of '' Waypoint'' (part of Vice Media) and ''Launcher'' (part of '' The Washington Post''), and layoffs of several workers for ''

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'', '' GameSpot'', '' Destructoid'', '' The Escapist'', and others. In November 2023, several former writers of these sites, namely Nathan Grayson, Gita Jackson, Riley MacLeod, and Luke Plunkett, created ''Aftermath''. All of the founders were former writers for ''

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''.

References

External links

*{{official website, aftermath.site Video game news websites American blogs American gaming websites Internet properties established in 2023