News Report: Layoffs at Chinese developer Perfect World Thousands could be affected at the company's offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu June 27, 2024 Marie Dealessandri
News Second Wave studio Challengers Games shuts down Korean developer currently under investigation by the Ministry of Labor and Employment as it amassed millions in debts June 25, 2024 Marie Dealessandri
News Report: Embracer shutters Alone in the Dark dev Pieces Interactive The reimagining of the 1992 survival horror title released just last March and didn't meet sales expectations June 17, 2024 Marie Dealessandri
News Galvanic Games closing down Sales of recent title Wizard with a Gun not "strong enough to sustain studio" June 17, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News Sumo Group to reduce staff by up to 15% Nearly 250 employees at risk June 11, 2024 Christopher Dring
News CWA files Unfair Labor Practice charges against Microsoft supplier Lionbridge Former employee accuses third party QA firm used by Activision of violating rights of coworkers June 11, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News Behaviour to lay off up to 95 employees The vast majority of the layoffs are to impact the firm's Montreal studio June 4, 2024 Marie Dealessandri
News Avalanche closing Montreal and New York offices 50 employees have been let go across both studios June 4, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News Intercept Games facing layoffs by end of June Unknown number of employees have been affected May 30, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News PlayStation's London Studio shuts down after over 20 years The developer's closure comes months after Sony announced global layoffs May 21, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Zelnick on Roll7 and Intercept Games: "We didn't shutter those studios" Update: Take-Two says "entire organisation contributed to cost reduction efforts" after CEO claims firm hasn't "shuttered anything" May 17, 2024 Marie Dealessandri
News Singularity 6 laying off 36 staff The news comes a month after a third of the Palia studio was let go May 17, 2024 Marie Dealessandri
News Phoenix Labs hit by another round of layoffs Studio has entered a period of restructuring, over 140 workers affected according to former employee May 17, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News Report: Square Enix to lay off workers in European and American divisions Company announced plans to "rebuild its overseas business divisions" in financial earnings May 14, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News Mighty Kingdom lays off 28% of staff Australian studio shares details for affected staff online in hopes of helping them find new roles May 13, 2024 James Batchelor
Feature Microsoft's mystifying mismanagement | This Week in Business If you're a developer working for Xbox, what can you do to secure your job? May 10, 2024 Brendan Sinclair
News Xbox president: "Our commitment [is] to make sure that the business is healthy for the long term" Regarding Tango Gameworks shuttering, Sarah Bond said, "We look at a whole variety of factors when we're faced with sort of making decisions" May 10, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Around 30 people laid off in CI Games' final round of job cuts Company says Lords of the Fallen dev Hexworks is unaffected May 10, 2024 James Batchelor
News Lightforge Games lays off "majority" of workforce Development on its collaborative online RPG has been paused, a "skeleton team" to remain in place May 10, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
Feature Meet Amir Satvat, the man leading efforts to find laid-off developers new jobs We find out more about Satvat's initiatives to support those affected by widespread job cuts, already helping more than 1,800 people find work May 9, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Report - ZeniMax on studio closures: "I think we were about to topple over" Executive reportedly attributed shutdowns to lack of support and understaffing May 9, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News Xbox shutting down four Bethesda studios Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse on the chopping block May 7, 2024 Brendan Sinclair
News Paladin Studios shuts down after nearly 19 years The gamer maker attributed its decision to a failure of not landing enough work May 2, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Take-Two reportedly shuts down Roll7 and Intercept Games, Private Division suffers layoffs Publisher reiterates it is "not providing additional details" on ongoing, previously announced job cuts May 2, 2024 James Batchelor