Layoffs

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Zelnick on Roll7 and Intercept Games: "We didn't shutter those studios"

Update: Take-Two says "entire organisation contributed to cost reduction efforts" after CEO claims firm hasn't "shuttered anything"

May 17, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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Singularity 6 laying off 36 staff

The news comes a month after a third of the Palia studio was let go

May 17, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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Phoenix Labs hit by another round of layoffs

Studio has entered a period of restructuring, over 140 workers affected according to former employee

May 17, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Report: Square Enix to lay off workers in European and American divisions

Company announced plans to "rebuild its overseas business divisions" in financial earnings

May 14, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Mighty Kingdom lays off 28% of staff

Australian studio shares details for affected staff online in hopes of helping them find new roles

May 13, 2024 James Batchelor

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Microsoft's mystifying mismanagement | This Week in Business

If you're a developer working for Xbox, what can you do to secure your job?

May 10, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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Xbox president: "Our commitment [is] to make sure that the business is healthy for the long term"

Regarding Tango Gameworks shuttering, Sarah Bond said, "We look at a whole variety of factors when we're faced with sort of making decisions"

May 10, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Around 30 people laid off in CI Games' final round of job cuts

Company says Lords of the Fallen dev Hexworks is unaffected

May 10, 2024 James Batchelor

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Lightforge Games lays off "majority" of workforce

Development on its collaborative online RPG has been paused, a "skeleton team" to remain in place

May 10, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Meet Amir Satvat, the man leading efforts to find laid-off developers new jobs

We find out more about Satvat's initiatives to support those affected by widespread job cuts, already helping more than 1,800 people find work

May 9, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Report - ZeniMax on studio closures: "I think we were about to topple over"

Executive reportedly attributed shutdowns to lack of support and understaffing

May 9, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Xbox shutting down four Bethesda studios

Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse on the chopping block

May 7, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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Paladin Studios shuts down after nearly 19 years

The gamer maker attributed its decision to a failure of not landing enough work

May 2, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Take-Two reportedly shuts down Roll7 and Intercept Games, Private Division suffers layoffs

Publisher reiterates it is "not providing additional details" on ongoing, previously announced job cuts

May 2, 2024 James Batchelor

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Belka Games reduces staffers by 20%

CEO says that the firm will focus on "new hits and prepare for the next stage of growth"

May 1, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Take-Two reportedly closing its Seattle office

WARN notice indicates 70 staff will be laid off, likely as part of previously announced 580 layoffs

May 1, 2024 James Batchelor

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Keoken Interactive lays off team after failing to find funding at GDC

UPDATE: Koen Deetman confirms to GamesIndustry.biz that 13 were affected, only the two co-founders remain

April 30, 2024 James Batchelor

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Gloomhaven studio Flaming Fowl lays off over 20 staff

Developer also puts newly announced project Ironmarked on hold due to lack of funding

April 24, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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OPM's Kim Parker-Adcock: If you survive this industry downsizing, you can survive anything

The agency's founder reflects on the collapse of One Player Mission, and her hopes about the reformation of recruitment

April 18, 2024 James Batchelor

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. on making money and happy players "without exploding in the process"

The Strange Scaffold CEO discusses sustainability in the games industry and learning in real-time

April 18, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Take-Two laying off 5% of staff

In addition to approximately 580 jobs cut, publisher's latest cost reduction program also involves cancelling projects, streamlining organizational structure

April 16, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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Kwalee lays off unknown number of staff as it "reshapes business"

Mobile publisher claims less than 40 staff affected, but still plans to grow headcount to over 400

April 16, 2024 James Batchelor

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Latoya Peterson: "Studios are at the mercy of this house of cards that is the funding system that we've built"

At GDC 2024, the Glow Up Games co-founder explained how funding is a structural issue impacting the labour market

April 15, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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Possibility Space shuts down

Prytania Media studio's staff laid off weeks after sibling studio Crop Circle officially shut down

April 12, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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Taking layoffs too lightly | This Week in Business

Industry leadership likes to pay lip service to how seriously it takes layoffs, but their actions too often suggest otherwise

April 12, 2024 Brendan Sinclair