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The video game website Polygon has been sold to click-farm powerhouse Valnet and much of its masthead has been laid off, Kotaku has learned. The sale was subsequently announced in a press release<\/a>. Multiple staff members have posted online about losing their jobs or about colleagues now being out of work. <\/p>\n

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