2023 might just be the worst year in the history of gaming – at least when it comes to the health of the development studios themselves. With thousands of devs already having been laid off across dozens of studios, another publisher is now set to drop up to a 3rd …
Read More »More than 6000 devs lost their jobs in 2023
2023 has both been one of the best years for gaming as well as one of the worst. While 2023’s output would easily make it an amazing year full of high quality titles, the industry itself has suffered dearly – with constant reports of industry lay-offs. In total, more than 6000 developers have been laid off this year – with it seemingly only set to get worse.
Read More »Indie publisher Team17 to lay-off a “significant” number of employees
In the past few weeks we have seen a whole host of different studios and publishers announce lay-offs, with thousands of developers in total losing their jobs. Unfortunately, it seems as though the trend is not slowing down any time soon, with indie publisher Team17 revealing that a restructuring of …
Read More »Epic Games is laying off nearly 900 staff and raising Fortnite V-Bucks prices
Epic Games has always had a well-maintained position within the games industry thanks to the popularity of the Unreal Engine. However, the company has grown a huge amount over the last six years thanks to Fortnite. This has allowed Epic to rapidly spent large amounts of cash but the expenditures …
Read More »Sega cancels Creative Assembly shooter ‘Hyenas’ and other projects
SEGA appears to be going through a bit of a shake-up, as the publisher has cancelled a number of projects. The biggest cancellation impacts Creative Assembly's upcoming shooter, Hyenas, but several unannounced projects have also been axed. In an investor note published this week, Sega warned shareholders that it expects …
Read More »Deviation Games suffers massive layoffs before shipping their first game
Back in 2021 it was announced that ex-Call of Duty developers Jason Blundell and Dave Anthony‘s newly formed studio Deviation Games is partnering with PlayStation on a brand new AAA IP for the console manufacturer. Unfortunately, nothing has been shown from this game so far, and now to add a …
Read More »Activision Blizzard downsizing esports and live events division
Back in 2019, Activision Blizzard underwent a round of lay-offs, losing hundreds of staff members. This year, the company has another round of job cuts on the way, this time focusing on the esports division, which has suffered due to the lack of live events over the course of the …
Read More »Amazon Game Studios reportedly hit with lay-offs as developers struggle on unannounced projects
For years now, Amazon has owned its own in-house games studio working on secretive projects with some big name talent involved. Amazon even went out and made a deal with Crytek to use CRYENGINE as the basis for its own engine. Now, the situation at Amazon Game Studios is starting …
Read More »Activision Blizzard’s job cuts may ‘negatively impact’ business
There has been talk surrounding a shake up at Activision Blizzard for a few months now. All of that was confirmed in February, with the company announcing that despite a record financial year, 800 employees would be laid off. Now, Activision Blizzard is warning investors that this could negatively impact …
Read More »Essential sheds 30 percent of its workforce
The future of Essential was in question earlier this year, as the company abandoned plans for a successor to its underwhelming flagship smartphone. Sadly, the company has hit another bump in the road, as 30 percent of its employees have reportedly been made redundant. Essential had a tough time when …
Read More »Intel to cut workforce by 11 percent, 12,000 staff to be let go
Earlier this week, reports began circulating stating that Intel was planning a huge round of job cuts. At the time, we didn't know how many would be affected but following on from the company's quarterly earnings report, the announcement was made that Intel would be cutting down its workforce by …
Read More »Intel is reportedly planning to cut thousands of jobs
According to reports making the rounds this week, it looks like Intel could be planning to hold a round of mass job cuts shortly, reducing the headcount in some divisions significantly. This will apparently be an even bigger round of job cuts than last year, when 1,100 people were let …
Read More »Avalanche Studios suffers job cuts ahead of Just Cause 3 launch
Just Cause 3 is due out in December but it seems that there may be some trouble behind the scenes as developer, Avalanche Studios, has cut some jobs ahead of its next big launch. Just Cause 3 is due out on the 1st of December and development is wrapping up …
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