Report: Escapist And Other Gaming Sites Slash Staff As Gambling Firm ‘Pivots To AI’
Kotaku | 18.02.2026 01:39
Clickout Media is a group that buys up gaming sites and then forces them to host endless unmarked advertorial content for gambling sites and casinos. Now the owner of The Escapist, Adventure Gamers, and Esports Insider is, according to reporting by Insider Gaming, going to “pivot to AI,” and of course that means firing swathes of staff and demolishing the remains of all the sites it’s ruined.
