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
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
Hot Five
Hot Five: Supercell revenues decline, Ubisoft’s mobile games plummet, but MTG signs a Monumental acquisition
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Lead Layoffs
Popcore undergoes "wave of layoffs" impacting key staff
Employees appear to have been let go on February 12 2024
Hot Five
Hot Five: Layoffs stack up, strategic investments are abound, and Nintendo finds cause for mobile celebration
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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
Pgc London
You were laid off… What now?
An insightful PGC London panel discusses experience with layoffs and what to do next
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
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
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
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
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
Hot Five
Hot Five: Global layoffs continue, playtime rises, and Monster Hunter celebrates 20 years
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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
Job Losses
Unity to lay off 1,800 staff as it continues company reset
Redundancies amount to a quarter of its workforce
Job Losses
Versus Evil shuts down and lays off all 13 staff
News comes just weeks after GM announced departure
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
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
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
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
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
Tumultuous Times
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 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 Unity's big reveal, Embracer's job losses, and those apparent skills shortages…
Job Losses
Indie publisher Humble Games confirms layoffs
“We have experienced trends that required this restructure in order to ensure our long-term success”
More Job Losses
Amazon lays off 180 staff from games division
Tech giant has laid off more than 27,000 employees during the past year
Hot Five
Hot Five: Supercell’s latest beta, Gardenscapes’ alternate distribution and a reset for Unity
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Ubisoft Layoffs
Ubisoft lays off a further 124 employees
Ubisoft has lost over 1000 members of staff since September 2022
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, Kingdom Hearts getting geolocated, Bungie swinging the axe and Silent Hill's fate worse than death…
Job Losses
AdVenture Capitalist dev Hyper Hippo lays off over a quarter of staff
Redundancies hit various departments, including production and marketing
Jaws Of Defeat
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
Layoffs
Embracer Group subsidiary Digic lays off 10% of its workforce
The company specialises in 3D and CGI animations and game trailers
Roblox Reduction
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
Loads Of Layoffs
Up to 14,000 new redundancies at Nokia as sales fall 20%
By the end of 2026, an estimated 9,000 to 14,000 jobs will be axed
Loads Of Layoffs
Social storyteller and RPG developer Thought Pennies joins layoffs trend
Art director, producer, and design director each appear to have parted ways with the studio
Spending And Selling
Epic Games delivers another 120 "fucked up" layoffs with Bandcamp sale
After 800 layoffs last month, Epic offloading Bandcamp has only led to further redundancies
Hot Five
Hot Five: Niantic has a new star, Epic warns of "degradation in quality", and new games hit the market
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Job Cuts
Telltale layoffs in progress at resurrected company
Redundancies are being made at The Walking Dead creator, but numbers are still unclear
Job Cuts
Epic Games lays off 800+ staff: CEO Tim Sweeney expects "degradation in quality"
Speaking at Unreal Fest, Sweeney acknowledged the layoffs and discussed the company’s next course
Layoffs
Team17 CEO Michael Pattison departs ahead of consultancy and restructure
Significant layoffs are expected at the game maker as teams enter a "period of consultancy"
Hot Five
Hot Five: Candy Crush makes $20 billion, Epic lays off 800 staff, and Omada tackles gambling addiction
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Feature
Mass games industry job losses in 2023, but is the end in sight?
Not counting the losses at Alphabet, these collective layoffs surpass 3000 jobs
Roblox Lay Offs
Roblox downsizes talent acquisition team
30 members of staff were let go on Monday
Embracer Group
Embracer Group will need to “continue making tough decisions”
Speaking at a company Q&A, CEO Lars Wingefors confirmed that more closures are on the horizon
Layoffs
Sensor Tower lays off 40 staff, including prominent executives
The company is the latest in the mobile sector to announce layoffs
Employee Exit
FunPlus subsidiary Imagendary Studios left with "skeleton crew" after major layoffs
The studio was acquired by FunPlus in 2021 and has yet to reveal a game
Layoffs
East Side Games announces round of layoffs
The company reported significant declines in Q1 following a record 2022
Stocks
Embracer Group fixes financial woes with a $182 million share issue
After recent financial surprises, the company has taken corrective measures… leading to a devalued stock price that's 14% down
Redundancies
Montreal-based Ludia lets 45 staff go in new round of layoffs
The company has clarified the impact its restructuring will have on its employees
Restructuring
Hi-Rez announces layoffs in studios, dissolving Rogue Company: Elite developer First Watch Games
Right now it's not entirely clear who will take over development of the mobile title
Restructuring
Embracer announces restructuring programme after disastrous Q4 financials
After a massive $2bn deal fell through at the eleventh-hour, Embracer is in damage-control mode