Yet another video game developer is experiencing layoffs. This time it’s Phoenix Labs, the developer of “Dauntless” and “Fae Farm,” who made an announcement about the reorganization on LinkedIn late last night. The statement read: “Today is an extremely difficult day. After a long period of evaluating how to navigate our economic environment, we must ...
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Another major video game company has suffered layoffs in what is proving to be one of, if not the, toughest times in recent years for those working in the industry. This time it’s Square Enix’s turn, with the company announcing layoffs in its European and American divisions. Square Enix itself has yet to make an ...
Xbox is closing several of its studios while cleaning out its game catalog, and that hurts. For the players (actually for everyone) it is a scandal. It’s hard to miss the sad news, as just yesterday (at the time of writing) the Xbox branch announced the closure of no fewer than four studios. A massacre ...
In the latest blow to the gaming industry, Take-Two Interactive Software has reportedly decided to close two of its subsidiaries, Private Division and Roll7, as well as Intercept Games, the developer behind Kerbal Space Program 2. The move adds to an unfortunate trend of job losses that hit the industry this year. Private Division, based ...
Take-Two Interactive, the company behind GTA developer Rockstar Games, is reportedly shutting down Kerbal Space Program 2 developer Intercept Games and Roll7, the studio behind Rollerdrome and OlliOlli World. According to Bloomberg, these closures are part of a large-scale layoff at the company. Take-Two plans to lay off more than 500 people by the end ...
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 ...
Devann “LadyDevann” McCarthy was one of 1,900 employees Microsoft laid off from its gaming division earlier this year. Since her firing from Bethesda, the former Fallout 76 community manager has been busy planning her next steps, and said she doubts she would have been able to accept being fired without the company’s support. Radiant community. ...
In an interview with Game File as part of the Game Developers Choice Awards, Michael Douse comments on current events in the industry. Larian’s publishing director doesn’t leave his colleagues in good stead. Cloud Imperium Games (Star Citizen), Microsoft, Sony, Deck Nine (Life is Strange: True Colors), ZA/UM (Disco Elysium) and Unity are just a ...
The bad news in the games industry just won’t stop. The last few months have been plagued by layoffs and sales, and Relic Entertainment was also recently sold by SEGA. Now the consequence is that some people have to take their hats off at the “Company of Heroes” studio. In a statement, Relic Entertainment announced ...
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 ...
