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Game Industry Layoffs
Dune: Awakening Studio Restructures, Layoffs Hit After Console Launch
Dune: Awakening's studio has started layoffs in a post-console-launch restructuring, Eurogamer reports — the…
Oct 19
Fishlabs Cuts Staff Across Dev and Support Teams
Fishlabs confirms layoffs across development and support teams, citing "changing project requirements" — with…
Oct 16
Ninja Theory Begins Layoffs as Closure Fears Mount After Xbox Cuts
Ninja Theory has begun layoffs and may close entirely inside Microsoft's Xbox cuts, per a PlayStation Univers…
Oct 9
'Irresponsibly transparent': State of Decay studio chief on layoffs
The State of Decay studio head says he was "irresponsibly transparent" with staff so that layoffs, when they…
Oct 9
Supermassive Games Cuts Staff: 70+ Developers Exit This Week
More than 70 developers appear to have left UK horror studio Supermassive Games this week, Eurogamer reports,…
Oct 9
Layoffs Hit Studio Behind Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 One Month After Launch
Layoffs have hit the studio behind Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 just one month after the game's release, the late…
Sep 29
Cold Iron Studios Cuts Staff, Delays Switch 2 Port to Early 2027
Cold Iron Studios confirms layoffs and pushes the Aliens: Fireteam Elite Switch 2 launch to early 2027, leavi…
Sep 28
World's Edge Cuts Age of Empires Studio Nearly in Half
World's Edge, the Microsoft studio behind Age of Empires, has cut its headcount nearly in half, GameWatcher r…
Sep 28
Cold Iron Studios Hit by Layoffs Amid Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Work
Cold Iron Studios, developer of Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, has laid off staff, Insider-Gaming reports. Headcou…
Sep 28
Cold Iron Studios Confirms Layoffs Amid Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 Support
Cold Iron Studios confirms staff layoffs while pledging continued support for Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, with…
Sep 28
Former Halo Developers Call Studio Cuts 'Absolutely Brutal'
Former Halo developers call mass layoffs and the Activision takeover "absolutely brutal," describing the stud…
Sep 28
Xbox Layoffs Hit Age of Empires Studio as Microsoft Cancels Game
Xbox layoffs have gutted the studio behind Age of Empires and canceled a game in development, adding experien…
Sep 27
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