News Eidos Montreal lay off 75 workers in further cuts to the Deus Ex studio "One of our mandates is coming to an end" April 1, 2025Brendan Caldwell 21 comments
News Studio known for anti-capitalist games shut down by their publisher just two weeks before their newest game comes out Thunderful March 4, 2025Brendan Caldwell 30 comments
News "Most of the devs" at The Callisto Protocol studio Striking Distance laid off "Striking Distance Studios has reduced the size of its team to remain agile," says Krafton Feb. 27, 2025Nic Reuben 33 comments
News More job cuts waiting to bite at NetEase studios, according to insiders Up to 20 studios may be affected Feb. 24, 2025Brendan Caldwell 1 comment
News NetEase reward US-based developers of live service hit Marvel Rivals by sacrificing their jobs to "efficiency" "Just couldn't dodge that big boot, I guess, no matter how big the success of the gig." Feb. 19, 2025Edwin Evans-Thirlwell 39 comments
News Hunt: Showdown developers Crytek lay off around 60 people after shelving Crysis 4 "We have determined that layoffs are inevitable to move forward" Feb. 12, 2025Edwin Evans-Thirlwell 5 comments
News Smite 2 studio lays off workers and drops all other games to focus on the unfinished MOBA No more Paladins updates Feb. 7, 2025Brendan Caldwell 5 comments
Feature Please, call a job cut a job cut Reimagine harder, BioWare Jan. 30, 2025Brendan Caldwell 140 comments
News "Majority" of Dauntless developers laid off two months after disastrous Steam launch wiped all player progress Rude Awakening Jan. 28, 2025Brendan Caldwell 29 comments
News While CEOs got dressed up for the Game Awards, 461 workers at Zenimax Online Studios unionised Sneaky in the best way Dec. 13, 2024Brendan Caldwell 65 comments
News Former Mass Effect director cancels his next sci-fi game as his studio closes before it is fully revealed "Funding shortfall" to blame Nov. 26, 2024Brendan Caldwell 25 comments
News Layoffs hit workers at Reflector Entertainment, makers of Unknown 9: Awakening Art and narrative departments affected Nov. 20, 2024Brendan Caldwell 21 comments
News SteamWorld makers announce 100 layoffs, cancel projects, and say they'll publish more games by other studios - but fewer of their own Little room for Leeway Nov. 15, 2024Brendan Caldwell 21 comments
News Nightingale can't outfly "the stark realities of the industry" as creators Inflexion close UK office and lay people off Gaslamp fantasy "hasn't been commercially successful enough" to keep staff on Oct. 31, 2024Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
News Riot lay off more workers for the second time in a year - and add "evolving" to our big list of nonsense words companies use to describe job cuts 32 people are out of work Oct. 16, 2024Brendan Caldwell 12 comments
News Diablo IV support studio hit by layoffs putting 139 people out of work, proving that Embracer's "restructuring" is not over "Shifting market conditions" Sept. 10, 2024Brendan Caldwell 19 comments
News Meta reportedly close Ready At Dawn, creators of some of the best VR games Fading echo Aug. 8, 2024Edwin Evans-Thirlwell 7 comments
News Destiny 3 may yet happen, but Destiny's unannounced "Payback" spin-off won't, according to reports Senior Destiny 2 devs behind mystery project leave as part of massive reductions Aug. 2, 2024Edwin Evans-Thirlwell 5 comments
News Bungie layoffs “couldn't be avoided” even if Destiny 2 The Final Shape had "blockbuster performance”, says report The lauded expansion has apparently sold worse than the panned Lightfall Aug. 2, 2024Nic Reuben 40 comments
News Destiny creators Bungie lay off 220 people and form new studio within Sony to stave off financial ruin "We were overly ambitious," says CEO July 31, 2024Edwin Evans-Thirlwell 44 comments
News Humble Games announce ‘restructuring’, laying off entire publishing team 36 members of the team reportedly affected July 24, 2024Nic Reuben 91 comments
News Embracer reportedly close down cult RPG maker Piranha Bytes, creators of Gothic, Risen, and Elex Former head opens a new studio July 9, 2024Brendan Caldwell 37 comments
Feature How Embracer's cuts killed a potential Red Faction sequel and gutted a promising studio The exclusive inside story of Chorus developers Fishlabs, from Project Black to Project White June 20, 2024Edwin Evans-Thirlwell 34 comments
News Wizard With A Gun developer Galvanic Games are closing down Sales weren't strong enough June 15, 2024Graham Smith 8 comments
News Activision QA supplier Lionbridge accused of retaliatory layoffs in "union busting" move Entire 160-person team laid off in retaliation, alleges CWA union June 12, 2024Nic Reuben 1 comment