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Ubisoft lays off 45 from US offices
Restructuring results in job cuts across Ubisoft San Francisco and Red Storm Entertainment
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Payload Studios lays off 25% of staff
Development will continue on TerraTech and TerraTech Worlds
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VR studio Archiact is closing down
During its 11-year tenure, the team published 35 games and "partnered with the most important companies in the industry"
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Meta reportedly shutters Ready at Dawn
Closure allegedly aims at making sure Reality Labs stays on target with its new budgetary restrictions
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Intel announces layoffs of around 15,000 staff
More than 15% of its global workforce affected as part of $10 billion cost reduction plan
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Armor Games Studios has seemingly laid off its publishing team
It's unclear how many staff have been affected or how the layoffs will impact the company's publishing schedule
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Bungie lays off another 220 staff, acknowledging it was "overly ambitious"
155 people also move to SIE; another 75 again are moved to work "with PlayStation Studios"
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Twitch staff fear further layoffs
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has "shown little tolerance for unprofitable businesses", WSJ claims
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Keywords' Lively Studio faces small number of layoffs
Company is streamlining its operations, sister studio Electric Square unaffected
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Humble Games devs told "company is shutting down"
UPDATE: Humble Games claims it is restructuring, but affected staff dispute company statement
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Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm lays off mobile team
It's thought at least 50 people have been affected
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Microsoft reportedly shuts down one of its DEI teams
The team was allegedly let go as a result of "changing business needs"
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Gfinity Digital Media affected by layoffs
Redundancies reportedly a result of "restructuring and budgetary reasons"
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"Small number of roles" face potential redundancies at Splash Damage
UK studio tells GamesIndustry.biz roles at risk are mostly in operations, with development largely unaffected
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Kotaku Australia to shut down
Licence holder Pedestrian Group to re-focus on own brands, also drops Vice and Gizmodo in the country, dozens laid off
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Network N lays off eight from games marketing agency Project N
Cuts come as company focuses on "a smaller set of services" leading with video
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Surgent Studios cuts jobs months after launch of debut title Tales of Kenzera: Zau
UPDATE: Studio confirms "just over a dozen people" have been affected
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BeReal hit with layoffs following Voodoo acquisition
28 employees have been let go from the social media app
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Gamurs Group reportedly lays off unknown number of staff
Affected teams seem to include Destructoid, Dot Esports and PC Invasion
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Life without layoffs, or why they are an avoidable part of game development | GI Sprint
We talk to veteran game designer and CEO, Jesse Schell, who hasn't laid off any devs in 22 years
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Why are Japanese developers not undergoing mass layoffs?
After Microsoft shut down Tango Gameworks, we look at the reasons why Japan has otherwise been sheltered (but not immune) to many of the layoffs and trends seen further afield
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Ubisoft Toronto affected by layoffs
Reorganisation within studio has resulted in 33 redundancies
