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\nMore than 10,000 people have been laid off from their jobs this year across the video game industry.\n<\/p>\n

\nThat’s according to an archive tallying layoffs across the industry<\/a>, which has now hit an estimated total of 10,100 people.\n<\/p>\n

\nFor comparison, 10,500 people were laid off in 2023, meaning almost as many have been impacted so far in 2024 in less than half the time.\n<\/p>\n

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More than 10,000 people have been laid off from their jobs this year across the video game industry. That’s according to an archive tallying layoffs across the industry, which has now hit an estimated total of 10,100 people. For comparison, 10,500 people were laid off in 2023, meaning almost as many have been impacted so far in 2024 in less than half the time. Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":846113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[550],"class_list":["post-846112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-layoffs"],"yoast_head":"\nGames industry layoffs surpass 10,000 for 2024 so far | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"More than 10,000 people have been laid off from their jobs this year across the video game industry. 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