Microsoft will lay off thousands of employees across Xbox and other departments, a company representative confirmed to CNBC. The company’s restructuring will affect all levels and teams worldwide. Microsoft Posted Strong Financial Results Despite the Layoffs The company behind Windows, Xbox , Bethesda and Activision Blizzard had around 228,000 employees as of the end of ...
Bandai Namco – Publisher of games including Elden Ring, Tekken 8 and the recently released Dragon Ball Spark! ZERO is reportedly looking to reduce headcount and has decided to “cancel or pause development” on several games. The company “sent employees to rooms with nothing to do and pressured them to leave voluntarily,” according to Bloomberg. ...
Bungie’s latest layoffs reportedly come ahead of Destiny 2’s Final Shape expansion’s “sensational performance” and are “inevitable” even if the much-hyped, critically acclaimed DLC becomes a massive commercial success. That’s according to a report from Stephen Totilo’s Game File, which cites numerous sources as saying this week’s layoffs were planned as early as early 2024. ...
Image: Humble Games The layoffs at publisher Humble Games — where all staff have reportedly been let go due to “restructuring” — have immediate ramifications for some video games under the publisher’s label. One such title is Coral Island, a farming simulation heavily inspired by Stardew Valley. The game is already out on Steam, PlayStation ...
The year 2024 is not starting well at all. The layoff reports are piling up and after Twitch and Unity, Discord is now also putting a not insignificant part of the workforce on the street. And the cheerful dismissal continues. After Twitch and Unity have already swung the broom hard, Discord is now joining the ...
Layoffs in the video game industry have unfortunately become increasingly common in recent years. In 2023 we have seen Almost weekly layoffs across the industry. When the dust settled, around the least 6,000 jobs were created at publishers, developers and other companies related to video games. Unfortunately, it looks like 2024 will move faster if ...
