Bulletstorm and Outriders studio People Can Fly is having a round of layoffs that's affecting over 120 staff. One gaming project is being suspended entirely due to this.
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Third time's a charm? Dropbox announced its third major round of layoffs in recent years, cutting 20% of staff to refocus on new growth areas.
Amazon AWS CEO Matt Garman has said employees could always quit if they are opposed to coming into the office five days a week at a recent all-hands meeting.
Meta's latest layoffs impact employees from WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs, while the company is trying to reorganize itself and become a leaner org.
Riot Games co-founder Marc Merrill has announced that an unknown number of League of Legends team members will be laid off.
TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, is laying off hundreds of people and automating their work using AI to increase efficiency.
Unreal Engine and Fortnite maker Epic Games is now in a financially stable state, according to CEO Tim Sweeney. This comes after laying off over 800 personnel from the company.
This week's layoffs of 650 members of Microsoft's gaming division reportedly affected members of the Call of Duty Warzone Mobile and Warcraft Rumble teams.
An internal email from the CEO of Microsoft Gaming, Phil Spencer, sent to Xbox employees says 650 jobs are being cut.
Samsung is reportedly planning to make some big job cuts worldwide, including 15 percent cuts to sales and marketing jobs and 30 percent cuts to administrative staff.
The former Sony Europe president did not see corporate job cuts as driven by greed. He also suggested that laid-off developers "drive Uber" or find a "cheap place to live" for a while.
Israeli firm Mobileye is moving its focus from lidar-based self-driving car systems toward cameras, something its old partner did a long time ago.
Until Dawn remake developer Ballistic Moon has seemingly laid off an unknown number of employees months ahead of the game's October release on PS5 and PC.
Apple is reportedly laying off about 100 team members in its online services division, including employees who worked on its News and Books apps.
A new report says that IBM is planning to close two R&D labs in China. This will affect around 1,000 employees.
GoPro will lay off 15% of its workforce, or about 139 employees, in the third quarter of 2024. Action camera maker aims to reduce operating expenses and streamline operations for long-term growth.
Ubisoft announced it has laid off 45 more of its employees. The job cuts affected people in its San Francisco and Cary, North Carolina offices, the latter of which includes Red Storm team members.
Gaming retailer GameStop has abruptly shut down its in-house Game Informer print magazine after 33 years. It has also shut down its website, leaving only a brief farewell message and image.
Intel has revealed plans to lay off about 15,000 of its employees, or about 15 percent of its total global workforce. The PC processor maker also announced changes in its business to reduce costs.
Destiny and Destiny 2 developer Bungie has announced it will lay off an additional 220 team members. It will also spin off one of its incubation projects into its own separate studio.
Kaspersky is set to wind down its US operations, according to a report from Zero Day. This winding down will see up to 50 employees get laid off and some have apparently already got their severance.
Microsoft has laid off a number of employees this week, which also happens to be the first week of its new 2025 fiscal year. There's no word from the company how many people were affected.
Alphabet's biotech company, Verily, is laying off its remaining staff in Israel as it looks to lean up in preparation for a potential initial public offering. The cuts will affect 30 people.
The indie game publisher New Blood Interactive bought time on an electronic billboard in downtown Los Angeles to slam the recent trend from big game publishers to lay off workers and close studios.
Behavior Interactive, known for Dead by Daylight, announces layoffs affecting 95 employees as part of a strategic restructuring. The company says it refocuses on its core strengths in horror games.
Microsoft has reportedly laid off hundreds of team members this week from its Azure for Operations and Mission Engineering teams. One unnamed source claimed as many as 1,500 employees were affected.
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Microsoft has confirmed in a statement it has cut an unspecified number of jobs in its Mixed Reality division but added that it will continue to sell and support its HoleLens 2 MR headset.
Square Enix has reportedly decided to lay off a number of team members in North America and Europe. It will also launch a new business plan that will involve launching AAA games for multiple platforms
Game publisher Take-Two Interactive has confirmed plans to lay off 5 percent of its total workforce by the end of 2024. It also will cancel the development of a number of its upcoming games.
A new report says Tesla has sent a memo to employees stating it plans to lay off over 10 percent of its total global workforce. The electric car maker has seen its sales go down in recent months.
Netflix has reportedly reorganized its film division, separating films by genre and laying off some staff. The company is working to focus its creative efforts and cut costs amid economic uncertainty.
Apple is laying off 614 employees who were believed to have been working in California on self-driving car project. The affected employees were informed on March 28 and they will depart on May 27.
Relic Entertainment, the developer of Age of Empires IV and the Company of Heroes series, laid off 41 of its team members today, just a week after it became an independent game studio again.
Certain Affinity, who has assisted in developing games in the Halo and Call of Duty series, cut 25 jobs from its US locations today. It's the first layoffs in the developer's 17-year history.
Sega has revealed that layoffs have hit a number of its western studios, including Total War maker Creative Assembly. Company of Heroes and Age of Empires IV studio Relic is now independent.
Bumble announced that it plans to eliminate over 350 jobs worldwide as part of its restructuring plan this year. The upcoming layoff represents about 37% of the dating app's global workforce.
Sony has announced that it plans to cut 900 jobs, or 8 percent of its total workforce, worldwide, in its PlayStation division. They include cuts at several of its first-party PlayStation Studios
Expedia Group is cutting 1,500 jobs, mainly from its Product & Technology division. To help support those affected, the company is paying severance and giving employment assistance.
UK-based Supermassive Games have confirmed it will be going through a reorganization that will likely result in layoffs, with one report claiming the developer will cut 90 team members
In its latest quarterly financial report, the video game publisher Embrancer Group confirmed it has so far laid off 1,387 of its employees since its restructuring began in mid-2023.
