October 13, 2023 Week That Was Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news, including acquisitions, giving Apple the swerve, shutterings, layoffs and more...
November 10, 2022 Workforce Adjustments Approximately 7% of employees laid off from Kabam after reviewing "strategic priorities" Around 35 of company’s 500+ employees have been let go
July 4, 2022 Hot Five Hot Five: layoffs at Unity, Niantic, and Adjust and AppLovin, 505 acquires D3, and Google's $90mil developer fund The hottest news articles on PG.biz
August 9, 2021 Failed To Maintain Growth Xsolla lays off 150 staff members, CEO tweet sparks further outrage "Many of you might be shocked, but I truly believe that Xsolla is not for you…"
March 23, 2021 Farewell Activision Blizzard to make cuts throughout Europe Only the publishing offices will be affected
November 26, 2020 Farewell Bossa Studios makes round of redundancies Developers, particularly QA team, hit hard by crunch this year, too
September 4, 2020 Lay Offs Lab Zero Games lays off its remaining employees Follows the walk outs last month
September 2, 2020 Lay Offs Big Fish Games lays off 250 staff members as it faces a restructure "The scale that Big Fish developed over many years as a multi-platform publisher has made it difficult to successfully lead in mobile"
April 23, 2020 Lay Offs AR firm Magic Leap lays off staff at "every level" "I have determined this is ultimately necessary to give us the best chance for future success"