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Humble Games announce ‘restructuring’, laying off entire publishing team
36 members of the team reportedly affected
Layoffs
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Embracer reportedly close down cult RPG maker Piranha Bytes, creators of Gothic, Risen, and Elex
Former head opens a new studio
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How Embracer's cuts killed a potential Red Faction sequel and gutted a promising studio
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Activision QA supplier Lionbridge accused of retaliatory layoffs in "union busting" move
Entire 160-person team laid off in retaliation, alleges CWA union
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Game Pass’s “only (outside) shot” for sustainability is to get GTA 6 or Call of Duty, says former Microsoft senior PR lead
Xbox under pressure “to cut expenses to the bone”
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More Xbox studio cuts likely to follow Tango and Arkane Austin, and Game Pass looks like the culprit
Studios spread thin like “peanut butter on bread” says Xbox president Matt Booty
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We could be seeing Total War: Warhammer 3’s redemption after months of backlash
Sales for the sale throne, reviews for the review god
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Deliver Us Mars developers lay off all staff but plan to 'rebuild brick by brick'
They "exhausted" all options to find a new project
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Embracer will split into three companies, including Middle-earth & Friends
Lars Wingefors to carry on as "a long-term, active, committed and supportive owner"
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$70 titles are doomed to go “the way of the dodo” says Saber Interactive CEO
$70 games with beaks and feathers? Sign me up!
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How do we stop the next round of games industry mass layoffs?
Thoughts from Larian, union advocates, Motion Twin and industry lobbyists
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Company of Heroes and Dawn of War devs Relic suffer layoffs one week after reclaiming independence from Sega
Job losses apparently needed to give studio “the best possible chance to survive in an increasingly volatile industry”
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Embracer say their restructure is over, but it's "too early" to start acquiring studios again
My bone thresher is not yet ready to thresh more bones
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Sega Of America staff have ratified a union contract, the first to do so at a major US studio
The move comes amid layoffs at the company
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CEO Andrew Wilson tells EA staff 5% of them will be laid off via empty and infuriating email
Close to 670 employees will be affected, as EA move to concentrate on their owned IP and online communities
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Sony announce 900 layoffs across Naughty Dog, Guerilla, Insomniac and PlayStation studios worldwide
It's proposed that Sony London be closed
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Until Dawn devs Supermassive announce layoffs, with 150 jobs reportedly at risk
Bloomberg claims 90 layoffs expected
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Embracer have laid off 8% of their global workforce since their "restructuring" began
"Our overruling principle is to always maximize shareholder value in any given situation."
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Homeworld 3 studio Blackbird Interactive hit with layoffs
The games industry has cut an estimated 6000-ish jobs so far this year
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Devolver cutting 28 jobs at Showgunners studio Artificer
The games industry cut an estimated 5900 jobs in January alone
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Ruiner devs reportedly lay off over half of studio behind cyberpunk shooter
Dozens of staff across "all possible departments" said to be affected
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Microsoft have "aligned on the best opportunities for growth" by laying off nearly two thousand people
Including people at Activision Blizzard, ZeniMax and Xbox
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VR studio Wimo Games, Battle Bows and Micro Machines: Mini Challenge Mayhem devs, have closed their doors
Around three dozen staff affected.
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Piranha Bytes, devs of Gothic and Elex, are next on Embracer's chopping block
But they say they're still in the fight