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Layoff After Layoff Behaviour Interactive laying off approximately 7% of workforce with new "clear ambitions" focus
May 28, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Disney x Fortnite, Sega’s sonic speed, and a potential Keywords Studios buyout Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
May 13, 2024 Layoffs Square Enix braces for layoffs in US and Europe IT, publishing and Square Enix Collective teams set to be hit by redundancies
May 13, 2024 Job Losses Australian dev Mighty Kingdom layoffs of 28% of staff Studio expects annualised cost savings of $2.1 million
May 9, 2024 Loads Of Layoffs More Xbox cutbacks hit ZeniMax with only Microsoft’s mobile ventures now unscathed Microsoft’s Alpha Dog, Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, and ZeniMax have all been impacted this week
May 7, 2024 Job Losses Microsoft closes Mighty Doom dev Alpha Dog, Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks and more Bethesda the latest in the firing line following 1,900+ layoffs at Activision and Xbox earlier this year
May 7, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Supercell’s Squad Busters supremacy, Brawl Stars bounces back, and a games industry journey at King Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
May 1, 2024 Loads Of Layoffs Belka Games lays off 20% of workforce as it becomes "more critical" of future titles At least 33 people have been let go, including a number of team leads
April 29, 2024 Loads Of Layoffs A Thinking Ape lays off staff across game design, software engineering, art teams and more Layoffs continue to impact the games industry as restructuring persists in 2024
April 16, 2024 Job Losses GTA publisher Take-Two to cut 5% of staff as it cancels new games Move will cost up to $200 million
April 16, 2024 Loads Of Layoffs Kwalee layoffs impact up to 10% of workforce, report claims Kwalee has laid off up to 40 people as industry-wide job cuts continue
April 15, 2024 Uk Ukie UK video games market hits £7.82 billion valuation with mobile up 4.5% Ukie’s Consumer Market Valuation Report reveals the UK games industry saw 4.4% YoY growth in 2023
April 15, 2024 Making Sense Of Slowdown The IGDA calls for "sustainable measures" to stop mass layoffs and "stop driving talent away" The International Game Developers Association calculates that more than 8,700 game developers have lost their jobs so far this year
April 11, 2024 Spring Survey Values Value and InGame Job launch the Big Games Industry Employment Survey 2024 The survey is looking to understand how layoffs are affecting confidence in the future of the games industry
April 10, 2024 Industry Insights “We believe the industry is on track for growth this year and is projected to reach $190 billion by the end of 2024” Konvoy VC’s Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Josh Chapman shares his thoughts on industry layoffs, the state of gaming and what can be expected from venture capital funding this year
April 2, 2024 Top Topics 10 games industry questions answered: From AI and alternative app stores to layoffs and more Omdia's analysts and researchers spill the truth on the industry’s key topics, including post-pandemic recalibrations and the "ballooning development costs" of triple-A games
March 28, 2024 Loads Of Layoffs Sega lays off 240 employees and sells Relic Entertainment Sega Europe, Creative Assembly and Sega HARDlight are all affected by the layoffs
March 4, 2024 Job Losses Tennis Clash developer Wildlife Studios lays off 133 staff "Our investment in new games remains unaffected"
March 4, 2024 Ip Intentions EA's new mobile strategy focuses around "significant library of owned IP" Mobile continues to be the largest gaming platform and EA sees strong growth opportunities in the segment
March 4, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: EA layoffs, Unity shares falls amid restructure, and Rollic picks up Barbie licence Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
March 1, 2024 Job News 505 Games downsizes operations, closes offices in Spain, France and Germany The news first broke as part of the company's initial announcement in November 2023
February 28, 2024 Job Losses EA lays off 5% of staff as it cuts licensing deals and closes offices Restructuring plan will cost publisher up to $165 million
February 28, 2024 Layoffs Looming Trouble at the top for Esports as ESL Faceit Group lays off 15% of staff Up to 300 people are expected to lose their jobs across departments and seniority levels as "sustainable growth ambitions and profitability" take priority
February 26, 2024 Jobs Cuts EA lays off staff after sunsetting MLB Tap Sports and F1 Mobile Racing “Unfortunately, the game was unable to meet our performance expectations".
February 26, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Microsoft goes multiplat, Fortnite to return to iOS, but global games industry layoffs continue Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
February 23, 2024 Rallying The Troops “2023 was a shitty year. 2024 will probably be even more shittier": EGDF president Hendrik Lesser talks tough The European Games Developer Federation's president spells out his thoughts and confidence in a comeback in an open letter
February 22, 2024 Extreme Expenses Thunderful lost $59 million in 2023 after Q4 profit fell 574% Thunderful is laying off approximately 100 staff in the first half of 2024 to cut costs
February 19, 2024 Booted From Blizzard 136 jobs cut as Blizzard axes 68% of employees in Ireland Blizzard’s Cork office employs around 200 people, roughly half of all its employees in the Republic of Ireland
February 19, 2024 Layoff News Paramount Global lays off Nickelodeon's entire Noggin team The company is set to lay off 800 employees, approximately 3% of its total workforce
February 19, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Supercell revenues decline, Ubisoft’s mobile games plummet, but MTG signs a Monumental acquisition Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
February 13, 2024 Lead Layoffs Popcore undergoes "wave of layoffs" impacting key staff Employees appear to have been let go on February 12 2024
February 5, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Layoffs stack up, strategic investments are abound, and Nintendo finds cause for mobile celebration Our quick-fix start-the-week roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
January 24, 2024 Job Losses YouTube Games chief Leo Olebe is among 100 job cuts in their gaming division The YouTube layoffs come as part of Google's broader restructuring, which has so far seen over 1,000 layoffs
January 23, 2024 Pgc London You were laid off… What now? An insightful PGC London panel discusses experience with layoffs and what to do next
January 23, 2024 More Job Cuts Riot Games Trims Workforce in new layoffs, cuts 500 jobs Those affected will receive a minimum of six months' severance pay as well as other benefits
January 18, 2024 More Job Cuts Support studio PTW cuts 45 positions as game industry layoffs continue The impacted workforce primarily consisted of QA workers, but job cuts also extended to other departments
January 18, 2024 Job Cuts Layoffs confirmed at Choices: Stories You Play maker, Pixelberry Studios The layoffs will affect various roles, spanning from QA staff and producers to artists and programmers
January 18, 2024 Google Says Go Google lays off 1,000+ employees in stealth as AI takes on the workload Employees from ad sales, hardware, AR, Pixel, YouTube and more have been quietly let go through the month
January 17, 2024 Layoffs Looming Thunderful Group to lay off 20% of workforce in the first half of 2024 Approximately 100 staff members will be exiting the company as a restructure gets underway
January 15, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Global layoffs continue, playtime rises, and Monster Hunter celebrates 20 years Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
January 10, 2024 Strategic Downsizing Twitch slashes 500 jobs - 35% of its staff - in latest cuts Despite its widespread popularity, experiencing a surge in users through pandemic lockdowns, Twitch continues to grapple with financial challenges
January 8, 2024 Job Losses Unity to lay off 1,800 staff as it continues company reset Redundancies amount to a quarter of its workforce
December 22, 2023 Job Losses Versus Evil shuts down and lays off all 13 staff News comes just weeks after GM announced departure
December 14, 2023 Layoff After Layoff A third of the workforce slashed in 2023 as Hasbro lets go another 1,100 roles Hasbro’s toyline sales slump is to blame, not its video games
December 7, 2023 Jobs In Games League Of Geeks halts Jumplight Odyssey, announces layoffs “We are devastated to be in this position, and we have done everything in our power to avoid it,” said the co-founders
November 29, 2023 Plaice No More Fishlabs is laying off around 50 employees as Embracer Group restructure continues The German games developer was bought out by Embracer subsidiary Plaion 10 years ago
November 29, 2023 Job Losses Unity lays off 265 as it restructures its deal with digital effects creator Weta Unity's upheavals continue with a "company reset" on their existing deal with Weta, resulting in the loss of key digital effects talent
November 24, 2023 Jobs Crisis Why is the UK games industry struggling to fill vacancies despite mass layoffs? Games Jobs Live director Colin Macdonald and One Player Mission owner Kim Parker Adcock discuss the sector's leaky bucket problem