Nothing lasts forever, and that includes Fortnite’s „cultural moment,“ according to one industry expert.Researcher and industry expert Joost van Dreunen said on his blog that Epic’s recent round of 1,000+ layoffs are further evidence of the „real-time collapse of American cultural dominance in interactive entertainment.“ US-based game developers are now facing a „bevy of strategic and economic challenges,“ and this has contributed to a scenario where Fortnite’s star is burning less brightly.“We can observe the signs of this decline when even the largest, most innovative, and most successful entertainment firms begin to struggle. As I see it, Epic Games is more than a casualty of bad timing or a bad quarter. It is the most legible example yet of what happens when structural conditions make decline inevitable,“ he wrote.Continue Reading at GameSpot