Rime and The Sexy Brutale developer Tequila Works has announced that it's laying off an unspecified number of staff and cancelling an unannounced game. In a post on LinkedIn, the studio says it's "…
October 8, 2024 | 08:33 EDT
Smite and Smite 2 developer Hi-Rez has announced an undisclosed number of layoffs as part of what studio head Stewart Chisam calls an "internal reorganization and reprioritization". In a lengthy…
October 1, 2024 | 10:13 EDT
Update (September 27th, 9:19AM): Merge Games' parent company Maximum Entertainment has deleted Merge's original shutdown announcement, replacing it with one of Maximum's own in which the company…
September 27, 2024 | 09:22 EDT
Dead by Daylight spinoff Project T has officially been canceled by publisher Behaviour Interactive, and not only that, but the game's development studio has also been shut down. In a post on X (…
September 18, 2024 | 09:07 EDT
Microsoft has announced that it will lay off around 650 more employees from its gaming division, with those affected mostly working in "corporate and supporting functions" across Microsoft Gaming.…
September 12, 2024 | 08:10 EDT
Midnight Society, the studio co-founded by disgraced YouTuber Dr. Disrespect, has announced "significant" layoffs in response to what it calls "multiple unexpected challenges in recent months".…
September 11, 2024 | 09:58 EDT
A number of QA workers at Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and Batman: Arkham studio Rocksteady have been laid off over the past month or so, a new report has alleged. Rocksteady staff have…
September 3, 2024 | 08:34 EDT
A new report has alleged that Visions of Mana developer Ouka Studio has been hit by layoffs on the very day the game launched across the world. According to Bloomberg's Takashi Mochizuki (who, in…
August 30, 2024 | 08:45 EDT
VR studio Archiact, best known for games like Doom 3: VR Edition and Journey to Foundation, has officially shut down. In a post on its official LinkedIn page, Archiact said that it informed its…
August 13, 2024 | 10:44 EDT
The Order: 1886 and God of War developer Ready at Dawn has reportedly been closed down by parent company Meta, with employees apparently being encouraged to apply elsewhere in the company. That's…
August 8, 2024 | 09:09 EDT
Destiny 2 and Marathon developer Bungie has announced layoffs to the tune of over 200 employees as part of what studio head Pete Parsons calls a "new path" for the company. According to an…
July 31, 2024 | 12:32 EDT
Publisher Humble Games has laid off most of their staff today based on a series of reports from now former employees at the small publisher. Founded as a spinoff of charity bundle site Humble Bundle…
July 23, 2024 | 04:00 EDT
Update July 19th 7:45AM: A NetherRealm spokesperson told us that there are currently no plans to shutter Mortal Kombat Mobile and Injustice 2. However, the studio says it's made the decision to "…
July 19, 2024 | 07:47 EDT
It's been a week of change in the gaming industry. Unfortunately, we've seen yet more layoffs and studio closures this week, but this week has also yielded a major acquisition, a newly-unionized…
June 28, 2024 | 10:33 EDT
It's time to take a look at another week in the world of gaming business, and this week saw PlayStation's new CEO Hermen Hulst sharing some words about the company's future, as well as a studio…
May 31, 2024 | 10:13 EDT
Lords of the Fallen publisher CI Games has announced another round of layoffs, with 30 more employees being let go from the company as part of a restructuring effort that started in January.…
May 10, 2024 | 12:20 EDT
Microsoft has closed four of its internal studios, including Redfall and Prey developer Arkane Austin and Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks. In an internal email seen by IGN, Xbox Game Studios head…
May 7, 2024 | 09:52 EDT
Evidence is piling up that points to Intercept Games, developer of Kerbal Space Program 2, being shut down by parent company Take-Two. While no official announcement has been made regarding…
May 1, 2024 | 09:41 EDT
Deliver Us the Moon and Deliver Us Mars developer KeokeN Interactive has announced it's laying off its entire team after having "exhausted all [its] possible options". In a message posted on X (…
April 30, 2024 | 10:31 EDT
Take-Two Interactive will lay off around 5% of its workforce and cancel several projects currently in production as part of a plan to reduce costs across the company. According to Reuters, about 600…
April 17, 2024 | 08:16 EDT
Update April 8th 7:34AM: Singularity 6 has provided us with an official statement regarding the layoffs reported below. A Singularity 6 spokesperson told us that the layoffs were made "after careful…
April 5, 2024 | 10:02 EDT
Relic Entertainment, the studio behind Company of Heroes and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, has announced layoffs following its move to independence last week. In a post on the official Relic…
April 5, 2024 | 07:37 EDT
Sega has sold off Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and Age of Empires IV developer Relic Entertainment, and a number of layoffs have also impacted other Sega studios. According to GamesIndustry.biz,…
March 28, 2024 | 08:51 EDT
Lunarch Studios of Islands of Insight fame has announced today that the team is looking for contract work and potential business partners. The announcement made by CEO Elyot Grant on the company's…
March 15, 2024 | 04:56 EDT
Today multiple Respawn Entertainment employees have reported layoffs at the studio, specifically within the team working on Apex Legends. We hear on X (formerly Twitter) from former Global Social…
March 14, 2024 | 04:00 EDT
Today Electronic Arts announced that it intends to lay off 5% of its workforce via a letter signed by its CEO Andrew Wilson. In the letter, published on the company's official site Wilson mentions…
February 28, 2024 | 05:03 EST
Life Is Strange: True Colors and The Expanse: A Telltale Series developer Deck Nine Games is the latest studio to be hit by the ongoing wave of industry layoffs. In a post on X (formerly Twitter),…
February 28, 2024 | 08:31 EST
Sony has become the latest company to be hit by the brutal and ongoing wave of gaming industry layoffs. In a post on the Sony Interactive website, president Jim Ryan announces that the company has "…
February 27, 2024 | 08:40 EST
The Quarry and The Dark Pictures Anthology developer Supermassive Games has announced that it will lay off several of its employees as part of a "reorganization" effort. Speaking on X (formerly…
February 26, 2024 | 10:15 EST
Today Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM officially confirmed the cancellation of a project in development and the resulting layoffs of part of its workforce. Initially reported as a rumor citing "…
February 16, 2024 | 02:10 EST
Homeworld 3 developer Blackbird Interactive is the latest studio to fall victim to the sweeping wave of layoffs currently hitting the gaming industry, a spokesperson has confirmed. Reports began to…
February 15, 2024 | 08:33 EST
Embracer announced its financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2023/24, related to the period between October and December 2023. As mentioned in the documentation produced by the…
February 15, 2024 | 03:38 EST
During Take-Two Interactive Software's financial conference call, CEO Strauss Zelnick and CFO Lainie Goldstein talked about Grand Theft Auto 6, but also about a much more ominous topic. Speaking of…
February 8, 2024 | 06:02 EST
The current tsunami of industry layoffs has hit another studio, namely Visual Concepts Austin, known for its work on many of Visual Concepts' games including NBA 2K and Lego 2K Drive. According to…
February 7, 2024 | 08:55 EST
Wayfinder and Ruined King: A League of Legends Story developer Airship Syndicate is reportedly the latest casualty in a growing wave of video game industry layoffs. According to Polygon reporter…
February 1, 2024 | 08:31 EST
Sega of America has warned employees that it will lay off 61 of its staffers by March 8, 2024. The notice, found via the state of California's WARN act (which requires employers to give affected…
January 30, 2024 | 10:08 EST
Today Eidos Montreal officially announced that its employees have been affected by a round of layoffs, part of Embracer Group's continued effort to cut costs. The announcement, made on X (formerly…
January 29, 2024 | 01:34 EST