As many people want to know Microsoft will exit the console market, Phil Spencer has apparently assured employees that it intends to continue making Xbox. While it’s all still up in the air, the future of PlayStation and Nintendo is looking greener, as there are various rumors about Hi-Fi Rush, Starfield, and Indiana Jones and ...
Today an editorial and creative staff member at the popular video game and entertainment site IGN announced that they are merging with the NewsGuild-CWA. 23 years later, GTA III’s influence is still inescapable Founded in 1996 as “Imagine Games Network”. IGN were originally five different websites covering various consoles and online games. Eventually the sites ...
SEGA is also cutting jobs. Apparently 61 SEGA of America employees are now affected. The gaming industry continues to be upended by massive waves of layoffs. Apparently Sega of America is now affected. As a Reset erauser noted, What Layoff’s cancellations were picked up on X/Twitter. The post states that Sega of America will be ...
Not a fun way to start the week, but unfortunately, there have been more layoffs in video game development. According to Bloomberg, Embracer Group is canceling the next entry in the Deus Ex series after two years of development. As a result, it is laying off “a number of employees as part of an ongoing ...
More than 10,000 developers lost their jobs in 2023, and this doesn’t appear to be improving in 2024, as Riot and Microsoft show. The Daily is gone. 5,600 workers in the video game industry will have lost their jobs in 2024 and Microsoft just laid off 1,900 employees. According to the information, the company has ...
Bad news coming this time from Microsoft as it is related to new layoffs in the company. It was confirmed today, Friday, and the situation is worrying. Layoffs at Microsoft Remember that Microsoft and Nintendo maintain a close relationship, allowing Microsoft IP games to be on the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Online. Phil Spencer, ...
There has been some more industry news this week, this time regarding Microsoft’s Xbox division, which completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard last year and recently reiterated its support for Nintendo platforms in the future. In a message from Xbox boss and Microsoft gaming boss Phil Spencer (via IGN), it was discovered 1,900 roles of ...
Embracer Group studio Black Forest Games is laying off half of its employees, according to a new report. The wave of layoffs within the Embracer Group will continue in 2024. A report from My city According to this, this time the German development studio Black Forest Games is affected, which has to lay off around ...
The year has not started well at all for many employees of different companies in the video game sector. In the few weeks since 2024, companies like Twitch or Riot Games have laid off hundreds of employees due to cuts and budget adjustments they have made internally. However, today there was a real bombshell at ...
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According to reports, Microsoft will lay off 1,900 gaming department employees. If true, the video game industry will lose 5,800 jobs in January alone. The news was first broken by IGN, which claimed to have seen a memo from Xbox boss Phil Spencer. While it’s unclear exactly which teams within its gaming division are affected, ...
