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League Of Geeks halts Jumplight Odyssey, announces layoffs News Dec 7th, 2023

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

Fishlabs is laying off around 50 employees as Embracer Group restructure continues News Nov 29th, 2023

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

Unity lays off 265 as it restructures its deal with digital effects creator Weta News Nov 29th, 2023

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

Why is the UK games industry struggling to fill vacancies despite mass layoffs? Comment & Opinion Nov 24th, 2023

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

Almost half of all mobile games are axed in development and 83% don’t last three years News Nov 22nd, 2023

Almost half of all mobile games are axed in development and 83% don’t last three years

SuperScale’s new report reveals the vast majority of mobile games are shuttered by their third anniversary

Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days Feature Nov 17th, 2023

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 Unity's big reveal, Embracer's job losses, and those apparent skills shortages…

Indie publisher Humble Games confirms layoffs News Nov 14th, 2023

Indie publisher Humble Games confirms layoffs

“We have experienced trends that required this restructure in order to ensure our long-term success”

Amazon lays off 180 staff from games division News Nov 13th, 2023

Amazon lays off 180 staff from games division

Tech giant has laid off more than 27,000 employees during the past year

Hot Five: Supercell’s latest beta, Gardenscapes’ alternate distribution and a reset for Unity Feature Nov 13th, 2023

Hot Five: Supercell’s latest beta, Gardenscapes’ alternate distribution and a reset for Unity

Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz

Ubisoft lays off a further 124 employees News Nov 8th, 2023

Ubisoft lays off a further 124 employees

Ubisoft has lost over 1000 members of staff since September 2022

Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days Feature Nov 3rd, 2023

Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days

The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news, Kingdom Hearts getting geolocated, Bungie swinging the axe and Silent Hill's fate worse than death…

AdVenture Capitalist dev Hyper Hippo lays off over a quarter of staff News Nov 1st, 2023

AdVenture Capitalist dev Hyper Hippo lays off over a quarter of staff

Redundancies hit various departments, including production and marketing

Ubisoft London studio to close following loss of Hungry Shark development duties News Oct 31st, 2023

Ubisoft London studio to close following loss of Hungry Shark development duties

After having the game they created handed to Ubisoft Barcelona, the move has proved to be the end of the line for Hungry Shark's originators

Embracer Group subsidiary Digic lays off 10% of its workforce News Oct 26th, 2023

Embracer Group subsidiary Digic lays off 10% of its workforce

The company specialises in 3D and CGI animations and game trailers

Roblox China faces layoffs as the company undergoes "evaluation" News Oct 24th, 2023

Roblox China faces layoffs as the company undergoes "evaluation"

It's safe to say that the launch of the Chinese version of Roblox, LuoBuLesi, didn’t quite go to plan

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