Paste Closes Its Games Coverage, Rewriting the Career Start for Writers

Paste has shuttered its dedicated video games coverage, with Endless Mode folded into The A.V. Club and AV Club layoffs eliminating three games-coverage roles. While some coverage will continue, there will be no full-time staff. The move ends a defining era that helped launch many writers' careers and underscores ongoing upheaval in game journalism amid industry consolidation.