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Lords of the Fallen publisher lays off more employees

Lords of the Fallen publisher lays off more employees

CI Games, publisher of games like Lords of the Fallen, is laying off more employees. The employee layoffs and studio closures just don’t stop. And so CI Games announces that after the big wave of layoffs, they have let another 30 employees go. Since January, the company has been pursuing a plan to “preserve the ...

Most Private Division employees reportedly fired

Most Private Division employees reportedly fired

The publisher of independent titles like the recent No Rest for the Wicked reportedly recently closed the Intercept Games and Roll7 studios The year 2024 is a dark year for the video game industry. Almost every week, a new wave of layoffs is announced in different studios or publishers around the world. What if this ...

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GTA publisher Take-Two has announced plans to lay off about 500 employees and cancel some projects, after saying layoffs would be the “hardest thing to do”

GTA publisher Take-Two has announced plans to lay off about 500 employees and cancel some projects, after saying layoffs would be the “hardest thing to do”

Take-Two Interactoive, the company behind “GTA” developer Rockstar Games, which recently acquired “Borderlands” developer Gearbox Software for $460 million, announced plans to lay off more than 500 employees and cancel some projects in development . As we sadly expected, this is part of the company’s cost-cutting plan. The plans were disclosed via an SEC filing ...

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Ubisoft lays off 45 employees in new wave of layoffs

Ubisoft lays off 45 employees in new wave of layoffs

The last few months have been particularly eventful in the video game industry. Thousands of employees have seen their jobs disappear in a series of mass layoffs throughout 2024. Ubisoft is the latest company to join this trend, cutting 45 jobs to “streamline operations” and “improve ‘collective effectiveness’, according to reports from GameSpot. This reduction ...

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600 Activision QA employees unionized and recognized by Microsoft

600 Activision QA employees unionized and recognized by Microsoft

Quality Assurance Personnel activision Member of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union and endorsed by Microsoft. About 600 QA workers have signed union authorization cards or expressed their desire for union representation through an online portal. They are the first groups organized at Activision Blizzard under the neutrality agreement between the CWA and Microsoft. ...