Tag: Redundancies

PlayStation studio Deviation Games has closed down

PlayStation studio Deviation Games…

Deviation Games has closed down. Whilst the closure has not been formally announced by partner PlayStation or the studio…
EA lays off 5% of staff, cancels Respawn’s unannounced Mandalorian FPS as it shifts focus from licensed IP

EA lays off 5%…

Electronic Arts announced overnight plans to lay off 5% of its workforce, close a studio, sunset a selection of…
EA lays off 5% of staff, cancels Respawn’s unannounced Star Wars FPS as it shifts focus from licensed IP

EA lays off 5%…

Electronic Arts announced overnight plans to lay off 5% of its workforce, close a studio, sunset a selection of…
Report: Activision Blizzard is expected to cut 136 jobs from its Cork office

Report: Activision Blizzard is…

Microsoft is reportedly set to slash more than a hundred jobs at Activision Blizzard’s Cork office. As first reported…
Layoffs at Toys for Bob and Sledgehammer Games affect between 30% and 40% of staff, insider says

Layoffs at Toys for…

Crash Bandicoot developer Toys for Bob and Call of Duty studio Sledgehammer Games have reportedly lost around 40 per…
Penny’s Big Breakaway studio Evening Star announces another half a dozen layoffs

Penny’s Big Breakaway studio…

Evening Star, the studio behind Penny’s Big Breakaway, has announced half a dozen layoffs. CTO Hunter Bridges announced the…
CWA union slams Microsoft layoffs as “extremely disappointing”

CWA union slams Microsoft…

The Communications Workers of America union (CWA) has denounced Microsoft’s decision to lay off an additional 650 video game…
Until Dawn remake studio Ballistic Moon lays off staff ahead of the game’s release in October

Until Dawn remake studio…

Until Dawn remake developer Ballistic Moon has laid off an unspecified number of employees ahead of the game’s release…
Intel says “painful” decision to cut 15,000 jobs is one of the “most consequential changes in its history”

Intel says “painful” decision…

Intel is cutting 15,000 jobs as part of a swathe of “significant actions to reduce costs” and save $10m…
Ubisoft lays off 30+ Ubisoft Toronto devs so it can “deliver on its ambitious roadmap”

Ubisoft lays off 30+…

Ubisoft has laid off 33 members of its Ubisoft Toronto staff. In a statement to press, Ubisoft said the…