Microsoft and Riot the latest gaming/tech companies to layoff staff - 343, The Coalition, Bethesda all affected
As the wider tech industry downsizes, some games industry giants start following suit.
Connor Makar
2 weeks ago
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Surgeon Simulator studio Bossa making job cuts
Alex Calvin
2 years ago
Planetside 3 is still in development, and Arena is the "stepping stone" to get there
Natalie Clayton
3 years ago
Another round of layoffs hit Planetside 2 developer Daybreak Studios
Stephany Nunneley-Jackson
Amazon Game Studios lays off dozens of game developers
Hunter Wolfe
Former employee sues Telltale Games for breaking labor laws
Marshall Lemon
4 years ago
Onrush studio gutted by Codemasters, handful of senior staff laid off
Agents of Mayhem team reportedly hit with layoffs
5 years ago
Angry Birds developer announces 270 job cuts
7 years ago
Layoffs hit Codemasters as part of "strategic realignment"
8 years ago
Infamous: Second Son developer has suffered a round of layoffs
Dave Owen
Games media publisher Future shutting down outlets, laying off 170
Catherine Cai
What's going on at Amplitude studio Harmonix?
Murdered: Soul Suspect studio lets 14 employees go as part of "necessary restructuring"
BioShock 2 lead designer now at Harmonix as small number of layoffs hit the studio
Dave Cook
9 years ago
EA lays off some staff in LA and Montreal
Phil Owen
Tera publisher lays off undisclosed number of employees
Jeff Dunn
10 years ago
EA Montreal restructures with "small number" of lay-offs
Brenna Hillier
Rumour - Sony lay-offs to pass over gaming section
EA expects total staff to increase by year's end
Stand down: EA denies reports of imminent lay-offs
Staff
Sony doubles down on games, confirms 10,000 lay-offs
Report - Sony to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide
Layoffs confirmed at IGN and 1UP, IGN Responds
Dave Oshry
Rumour - Silicon Knights staff cut by 75%
11 years ago
THQ shutters three dev teams, dumps MX vs ATV
Zoo Tycoon creators hit with massive layoffs
Andrew Groen
Report: More cuts at Disney Interactive
Red Storm drops 38 in drive to "focus on multiplayer"
Patrick Garratt
12 years ago
13 laid off at Ready at Dawn
Johnny Cullen
Report: Luxoflux and Underground Development closed, RedOctane layoffs
Square revises its profit forecast amidst layoffs
13 years ago
John Romero's Slipgate Ironworks facing ch-ch-ch-changes
Nathan Grayson
Wolfenstein multiplayer dev sees layoffs on launch day
Crystal D drops another 25 staff
Rumour: GRIN lays off 100-160 staff
Nearly 9,000 games trade staff made redundant in last year
Empire enters administration
Empire email confirms likely closure
Report: Empire bites the dust
Rumour: Big Huge Games lost 45 staff last week
Big Huge Games hit by redundancies
NCsoft profits down; Guild Wars 2 pushed into 2010-2011
Rumor: Layoffs at Mythic affect senior designers
Rumour: Factor 5 studios to be shut?
Mike
14 years ago
EA to close Black Box
"Significant interest" shown in buying Free Radical
EA to lay off an extra 400 staff, nine studios under threat
Rumour: ABIT closing down this month
Confirmed - Free Radical is in administration
