The gaming site sponsored by Walmart lays off its editorial staff

Restart, a games media website launched in precocious 2024 that was sponsored by Walmart, has laid disconnected its "entire editorial team," according to a Friday post from Brandy Berthelson, the site's erstwhile editor-in-chief. Other staffers have also posted astir being laid off.

Restart is operated by Moonrock, a contented selling agency, though its editorial ngo leafage says it's "powered" by Walmart. That leafage outlines however Walmart is (or was) involved:

When we notation a game, we'll supply acquisition links that volition instrumentality you to Walmart utilizing a spouse tracking code. This nexus provides america with 0% of the merchantability if you determine to bargain the product, but it doe …

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