Tag: layoffs

Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor lays off staff, a month after bringing furloughed developers back

Star Wars Zero Company…

Star Wars Zero Company developer Bit Reactor has laid off an unspecified number of staff, a month after bringing…
Job losses, studio closures, cancelled games: what we know about Xbox’s devastating wave of layoffs

Job losses, studio closures,…

It’s been a devastating week for the games industry as hundreds of employees have lost their jobs at Xbox…
The future of Xbox is vague and contradictory, with just a glimmer of hope

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So Phil Spencer is gone. So too is Sarah Bond who, per some reports, had as much if not…
Skydance Institutes Company-Wide Mandatory Return To Office So It Can Avoid Saying ‘Layoffs’ So Soon After Merger

Skydance Institutes Company-Wide Mandatory…

In addition to a five-days-a-week in-office mandate, the company is also offering employee buyoutsSource
Amid sweeping layoffs at Xbox and massive AI investments, Microsoft introduces a “Voluntary Exit Offer” to 60,000 workers

Amid sweeping layoffs at…

Xbox isn’t the only Microsoft division looking to massively reduce worker headcounts. In fact, Microsoft has just announced a…
Zynga shuts down Torchlight 3 developer four years after its acquisition

Zynga shuts down Torchlight…

Echtra Games, the San Francisco-based studio behind Torchlight 3, will be shut down by its owner Zynga by the…
GTFO and Den of Wolves developer 10 Chambers confirms “large number” of layoffs, including “several of the studio’s co-founders”

GTFO and Den of…

Within hours of co-founder and chief development officer, Hjalmar Vikström, announcing his departure to make “way smaller games”, GTFO…
The Ubisoft Carnage Continues, With One In Six German Staff Asked To Voluntarily Resign

The Ubisoft Carnage Continues,…

The axe falls yet again on Ubisofts Düsseldorf, Berlin and Mainz, responsible for the Anno franchiseSource
Supermassive Lays Off 70 People Less Than Six Months After Releasing Its New Sci-Fi Horror Game

Supermassive Lays Off 70…

Directive 8020 was met with mixed reviews on SteamSource
Microsoft CEO says Xbox’s “streamlining” is “great to see” despite cuts and layoffs

Microsoft CEO says Xbox’s…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has praised Xbox’s ongoing “streamlining” under Xbox CEO Asha Sharma just days after another round…