Early in 2020 Milan, Italy, was the epicentre of Covid-19 pandemic. In the middle of all this, racing game studio Milestone, had to deal with a new reality. The studio\u2019s CEO Luisa Bixio had to not only handle the shipping of two nearly finished games, but also manage a shift to working from home, for all of their 250 employees. The first such shift in the company\u2019s long history. And just as things seemed to ease up in early autumn, the second wave hit Milan hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is part five in a series of videos about how game studios and people within Embracer Group are dealing with the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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