Layoffs

The CWA and Unionized Xbox Devs Have Been Fighting for Layoff Protections for Months, as Microsoft Drags its Feet on Negotiations: “The Uncertainty is Maddening”

“Talent, Not Tech,” is Gaming’s Most Important Resource, and More Mass Layoffs Will Leave Xbox and Others Behind, “Both Short-Staffed and Short-Sighted,” Says Analyst

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Xbox Reportedly Considering Shuttering “At Least Five Studios,” Including Arkane Lyon and Cancelling Marvel’s Blade

The CWA and 3,500+ Unionized Xbox Employees Are Ready to Fight Back Against Xbox’s Reported Imminent Mass Layoffs

Bungie Announces Layoffs in the Wake of Destiny 2’s Final Update as it “Could Not Continue Operating at our Previous Size”

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Xbox’s $7.5 billion ZeniMax Bet Turns Brutal as Deep Cuts May Threaten Arkane Lyon, MachineGames, and even id Software

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The Entire Team Behind Luna Abyss from Kwalee Labs has Been Laid Off, CEO Reveals, Weeks After Luna Abyss’ Launch

Upcoming gaming layoffs are rumored for Arkane, id Software, Bethesda, BioWare, and PlayStation Studios, among others.

Xbox Layoffs Just the Beginning of a Publisher-Wide Catastrophe; Arkane, Bethesda, id, BioWare, and PlayStation Studios Are Also at Risk

Compulsion, Double-Fine, Ninja Theory, and “Several Other Studios” at Xbox Reportedly Negotiating Buyouts to Avoid Being Shuttered

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Xbox Layoffs Will be “Significant” and a “Bloodbath,” it’s Claimed, More Signs Point to Compulsion Games Shuttering

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Xbox Plans to Shutter Compulsion Games, Arkane Lyon Also “Scared” of Being Shut Down, it’s Claimed

Xbox Reportedly Planning More Mass Layoffs This Month as CEO Asha Sharma Admits Xbox is “Overextended”

Ubisoft’s Sixth Layoff Round of 2026 Claims Winnipeg and Belgrade as 380 More Workers Face the Axe

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Destiny 3 Is Not in Active Production, and Bungie Is About to Suffer “Significant Layoffs” After Destiny 2’s End

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Quantic Dream’s Spellcasters Chronicles is No More, Claims Star Wars: Eclipse is “Not Affected” as it Suffers “Internal Reorganization”

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31st Union Studio Head Says he has “Never Been More Confident” in its F2P Shooter Project Ethos While Announcing Layoffs

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Nacon’s Collapse Claims First Casualty as Greedfall Makers Spiders Shut Down, and its Other Insolvent Studios Could Be Next

Behaviour Interactive Lays Off Staff Less Than a Month After New Studio Acquisition

Iron Galaxy Studios Lays Off an Undisclosed Number of Workers as it Accepts “These Current Market Conditions as Permanent”

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Take-Two Has Reportedly Laid Off its AI Team, Including the Department Head

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Moss Developer Polyarc Lays Off Unknown Number of Staff After it was Unable to Secure Funding for its Next Project

Eidos Montreal Loses 124 Developers in Mass Layoff, Head of Studio Leaves Amidst “Changing Project Needs” [Updated]

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Dark Outlaw Games, the PS Studios Team Led by COD Zombies Vet Jason Blundell Has Reportedly Been Shut Down [Update]

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Epic Games is Laying Off Over 1,000 Employees Due to “Downturn in Fortnite,” But the Cuts “Aren’t Related to AI,” Says CEO

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Game Development at Ubisoft’s Red Storm Entertainment Will Cease as 105 Developers Are Cut in Another Mass Layoff

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Crystal Dynamics Announces Latest Layoff, Says it “Remains Fully Committed” to Development of Already Announced Tomb Raider Titles

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WB Montreal Hit With Unknown Number of Layoffs Amidst Paramount Skydance’s Acquisition of WB

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VR Studio nDreams Announces “Significant” Layoffs, Shuts Down Two Internal Studios

MindsEye dev heartbroken over game's launch

MindsEye Developer Build a Rocket Boy Announces More Layoffs, CEO Blames “Organized Espionage and Corporate Sabotage”

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Skate Developer Full Circle Announces Layoffs Less Than Six Months After Skate’s Early Access Launch

Tencent has Reportedly Shut Down Open-World Developer TiMi Montreal Studio Five Years After it was Founded, Without Releasing a Game

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PlayStation Is Shutting Down Demon’s Souls Remake Developers, Bluepoint Games

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Splinter Cell Remake Lead Studio Ubisoft Toronto Loses 40 Developers in the Latest Ubisoft Layoffs

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Hasbro has Reportedly Shut Down G.I. Joe Snake Eyes Game Makers, Atomic Arcade [Update]

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