June 1, 2023 Redundancies Gwent team sees 30 employees axed after ceasing of updates Though CD Projekt Red stands by its commitment to community tools intended to help keep the game alive
May 25, 2023 Redundancies Kabam to lay off 12% of workforce The Marvel Contest of Champions developer undertakes restructuring
April 17, 2023 Redundancies Ten Square Games cuts quarter of staff and slashes two major projects The moves are being made due to economic pressure and an unstable mobile market, claim the company
March 30, 2023 Ea Layoffs Electronic Arts is cutting 6% of its workforce The gaming giant is the latest company to announce large-scale layoffs
September 28, 2022 Layoffs Likely Mighty Kingdom announces cost reduction plans including staff layoffs Strategy would reduce FTE within developer and administration teams
December 6, 2021 Redundancies And Redeployment Lockwood Publishing makes 10% of staff redundant Accused of unlawful redundancies by IWGB union
October 25, 2021 U-turn ByteDance lays off Ohayoo employees following CCP gaming crackdown News follows restrictions on under 18s play time
March 10, 2020 Disrupted Star Trek Timelines developer Disruptor Beam suffers layoffs Estimated 10 employees let go
February 20, 2020 Kixeye Job Cuts Kixeye cuts 20 jobs following Stillfront acquisition "No effect on our portfolio", says Stillfront CEO
January 29, 2020 Rng Redundancies Independent developer RNG Studios lays off four employees Current project has been put in hiatus
January 24, 2020 Playful Layoffs Playful Studios "significantly" reduces full-time staff as part of studio restructuring Pivoting to "a more streamlined production model"
October 8, 2019 Ip Rethink Rovio restructures its branding division, potentially losing 20 staff Focusing on key partnerships in a competitive world
July 4, 2019 Layoffs NBCUniversal partner Endless Entertainment lays off seven employees “It’s simply an unfortunate reality of a slow-down in our current development cycle”
June 17, 2019 Job Losses Dozens struck by layoffs at Amazon Game Studios Development teams have release one title since 2015
May 1, 2019 Studio Closure Robot toys maker Anki closes Close to 200 people out of a job with one week's severance pay after funding round falls through at the last minute
April 11, 2019 Redundancies 13 jobs lost at NantG Mobile as Z1 Battle Royale development returns to Daybreak Unclear if NantG-developed mobile editions are still in the works
April 1, 2019 Jobs Losses More than 1,500 people have lost their jobs in the games industry in three months Estimates suggest total already exceeds 2018
March 28, 2019 Layoffs Update: EA's latest layoffs include the closure of its offices in Japan and Russia Publisher vows to help newly-redundant staff find new roles in the local games industry
March 26, 2019 More Job Losses EA lets go 350 employees across marketing, publishing and analytics “This is a difficult day”
March 8, 2019 Job News Here's where 209 jobs were cut in Blizzard's US business We now know just where layoffs have been made in the Overwatch firm's American workforce
March 1, 2019 Potential For Concern Activision Blizzard highlights risk factors for negative impact of its job cuts on financial performance SEC filing cites the effect of the company's eight per cent workforce cull might have as a risk factor
February 22, 2019 Job Losses Huge layoffs strike staff at Australian studio EA Firemonkeys As many as 50 staff could be affected
February 19, 2019 Deepening Losses Up to 30 full-time jobs on the line at Finnish dev Nitro Games Studio employs 51 staff
February 13, 2019 Job Losses Activision Blizzard to cut eight per cent of workforce despite "record revenue" Firm says development workforce to increase by 20 per cent
February 11, 2019 Job Losses Report: Activision Blizzard set for hundreds of layoffs Unclear what teams will be affected by decision
January 15, 2019 Jobs News Scottish dev Outplay could axe up to 30 staff 'Outplay is refining and focusing its product investment on a smaller number of its highest-potential live titles'
December 3, 2018 Jobs Jam City laid off “a large number” of developers on Friday Mobile developer has yet to reveal exactly how many employees have lost their jobs
November 12, 2018 Job Losses Flaregames restructure leads to 45 layoffs as CEO Klaas Kersting steps down Todd English takes over as CEO
October 1, 2018 Expert Advice IGDA launches Virtual Mentor Cafe in support of recently laid off devs at Telltale, Capcom Vancouver, Big Fish and more People affected can seek advice from industry experts
September 28, 2018 Closure Disney Canada layoffs as Club Penguin Island closes The web version of the social game had shut down the year prior
September 26, 2018 Cut Big Fish Games cut 15% of workforce eight months after $1 billion takeover Company out to restructure around social casino and casual games as executive roles also cut
September 24, 2018 Jobs Games industry opens its doors to laid off Telltale employees with #telltalejobs Online support and a California-based Meet the Dev event hope to transition stranded developers into new roles
September 24, 2018 Lay-off Woes Game Workers Unite issues scathing response to Telltale Games layoffs “The system for creating games is broken, and it will result in the collapse of many other beloved studios”
July 12, 2018 Closure Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire dev MZ lays off 125 staff as it shuts down ad-tech branch Cognant The entire Cognant team and about half of its in-house media buyers are said to have been laid off in June
May 31, 2018 Job Losses Report: Redundancies hit Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery dev Jam City Some claims suggest layoffs were ‘sizable’
May 24, 2018 Closure 150 staff laid off as Wargaming Seattle closes down Up to 150 jobs to be affected
April 9, 2018 Job Losses AdColony cuts senior staff as it eyes profitability Further redundancies at mobile ads firm
April 4, 2018 Job Losses Twitch lays off staff as company restructures But firm claims it still wants to grow its headcount overall
March 29, 2018 Job Losses Nokia to lay off 353 staff in Finland The decision comes as part of the company’s global cost-savings plan
March 28, 2018 Job Losses Hero Academy 2 developer Robot Entertainment lays off over 30 employees The studio will continue to operate its current games as well as reveal a new title in due course
March 13, 2018 Redundancies Report: Fruit Ninja developer Halfbrick lays off half its team The number of employees laid off could push past 30 before the end of the week
March 6, 2018 Less And Less Report: Gameloft to close down Madrid studio 40 employees set to be dismissed
March 2, 2018 Jobs News Changes at Angry Birds developer as Rovio London closes and head of games Wilhelm Taht departs Changes afoot at company following recent profit warning
February 27, 2018 Jobs Losses Pearl's Peril developer Wooga lays off 30 staff as it refocuses on story-driven casual games Company restructures from in-house studio structure to one based around dev cycles
February 19, 2018 Job Losses Layoffs at Sniper Ghost Warrior developer CI Games Restructuring despite studio hitting profitability and one million in sales for Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
February 8, 2018 Job Losses Redundancies at narrative games developer Failbetter as Sunless Skies falters Fallen London mobile app to close in Q2 2018
February 2, 2018 Nexon America Layoffs Nexon America hit with layoffs amid company restructuring to streamline operations Reportedly up to one-fifth of the company's staff affected