{"id":1616720,"date":"2026-06-25T19:13:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pGErkd8qypifGtXxT2EFoC"},"modified":"2026-06-25T19:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:13:27","slug":"its-not-layoffs-but-you-can-see-them-from-here-numerous-compulsion-games-employees-are-looking-for-new-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-layoffs-but-you-can-see-them-from-here-numerous-compulsion-games-employees-are-looking-for-new-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s not layoffs, but you can see them from here: Numerous Compulsion Games employees are looking for new jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>As reports that major layoffs are coming to multiple Microsoft-owned game studios continue to swirl, numerous developers at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/south-of-midnight\/\" target=\"_blank\">South of Midnight<\/a> studio Compulsion Games have indicated that they are leaving the studio and looking for new work.<\/p>\n<p>Posting &#8220;open to work&#8221; messages on LinkedIn is a very common way for game industry employees to search for new opportunities\u2014and, sadly, it&#8217;s also often a first sign of layoffs at game studios. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-amazon-prime-day-pc-gaming-deals\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>We&#8217;re keeping track of all the Amazon Prime Day PC gaming deals here<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That was initially thought to be the situation here as well, but according to Bloomberg&#8217;s Jason Schreier it&#8217;s not the case: Schreier said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Games\/comments\/1uf8lcm\/comment\/otq2e7a\/?utm_source=share&#038;utm_medium=web3x&#038;utm_name=web3xcss&#038;utm_term=1&#038;utm_content=share_button\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a> that with layoffs looming, &#8220;studio leadership gave their employees permission to openly look for work because they almost certainly will be losing their jobs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Still, it&#8217;s clear that the move caught at least some Compulsion employees by surprise: Principal level designer Mike Sklavounos, for one, described it as &#8220;an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/mike-sklavounos-3b0a876_in-an-unexpected-turn-of-events-ive-officially-share-7473007690894532608-spAl\/\" target=\"_blank\">unexpected turn of events<\/a>.&#8221; According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-layoffs-compulsion-games-south-of-midnight\" target=\"_blank\">Eurogamer<\/a>, at least a dozen Compulsion employees have indicated that they are looking for new work in some capacity, a significant number for a relatively small studio of about 90 employees.<\/p>\n<p>More worryingly, the sudden spike in employees looking for work is also pretty close to confirmation that another Xbox bloodbath is in fact coming. Along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/xbox-is-reportedly-closing-south-of-midnight-studio-compulsion-games-after-bragging-about-its-award-winning-developers-earlier-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">Compulsion<\/a>, reports earlier this month claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/double-fine-ninja-theory-and-more-xbox-studios-reportedly-at-risk-of-closure\/\" target=\"_blank\">Double Fine, Ninja Theory<\/a>, and &#8220;several other studios&#8221; were at risk of closure as part of an &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/xbox-speedruns-were-so-back-to-its-so-over-pipeline-at-a-speed-previously-thought-impossible\/\" target=\"_blank\">Xbox Reset<\/a>&#8221; being shepherded by CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty; the pair said in an open letter published earlier this month that Microsoft &#8220;over extended&#8221; itself with a rash of studio acquisitions over the past few years\u2014in other words, yet another management failure that thousands of employees will have to pay for.<\/p>\n<p>The current expectation is that the layoffs will be imposed in early July, following the end of Microsoft&#8217;s fiscal year, which wraps up on June 30. Microsoft did the same thing in 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/our-platform-hardware-and-game-roadmap-have-never-looked-stronger-phil-spencer-says-as-microsoft-announces-another-round-of-mass-layoffs-at-its-gaming-division\/\" target=\"_blank\">laying off thousands of employees<\/a> and cancelling multiple videogame projects on July 2 of that year.<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height: 250px;\">\n<div class=\"kwizly-quiz kwizly-ORV41O\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/kwizly.com\/embed\/ORV41O.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"9aa2e1d9-756f-4ec9-8125-aaa9f5fe6e29\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Steam sale dates\" data-dimension48=\"Steam sale dates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:550px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"dmLfcTEceHMYUpsciYxiDT\" name=\"steam rpgs\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/its-not-layoffs-but-you-can-see-them-from-here-numerous-compulsion-games-employees-are-looking-for-new-jobs.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/steam-sale-dates\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"9aa2e1d9-756f-4ec9-8125-aaa9f5fe6e29\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Steam sale dates\" data-dimension48=\"Steam sale dates\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Steam sale dates<\/strong><\/a>: When&#8217;s the next event?<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/epic-games-store-free-games-list\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Epic Store free games<\/strong><\/a>: What&#8217;s free right now?<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: The best freebies you can grab<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-free-games-on-steam\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free Steam games<\/strong><\/a>: No purchase necessary<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/its-not-layoffs-but-you-can-see-them-from-here-numerous-compulsion-games-employees-are-looking-for-new-jobs\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reports that major layoffs are coming to multiple Microsoft-owned game studios continue to swirl, numerous developers at South of Midnight studio Compulsion Games have indicated that they are leaving the studio and looking for new work. Posting &#8220;open to work&#8221; messages on LinkedIn is a very common way for game industry employees to search for new opportunities\u2014and, sadly, it&#8217;s also often a first sign of layoffs at game studios. We&#8217;re keeping track of all the Amazon Prime Day PC gaming deals here That was initially thought to be the situation here as well, but according to Bloomberg&#8217;s Jason Schreier it&#8217;s not the case: Schreier said on Reddit that with layoffs looming, &#8220;studio leadership gave their employees permission to openly look for work because they&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-not-layoffs-but-you-can-see-them-from-here-numerous-compulsion-games-employees-are-looking-for-new-jobs\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1616721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[5491],"class_list":["post-1616720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-gaming-industry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site 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