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New Witcher Game Studio Hit by Layoffs
A new report pulls back the curtain on layoffs hitting the developer of the upcoming multiplayer Witcher game.
Third Straight Year Of Layoffs Hits Until Dawn, Little Nightmares 3 Dev Supermassive
Supermassive Games has announced job cuts for "up to 75" people--marking the third straight year of significant layoffs at the studio. This latest round of reductions comes almost three months after the release of Directive 8020, the newest entry in The Dark Pictures horror anthology. In a...
Doom developer slams Xbox after layoffs hit id Software: "They fundamentally don't understand art. They don't understand games"
A developer still working at Doom steward id Software has criticized corporate owner Xbox for laying off such a big portion of the iconic studio and seemingly misunderstanding the business its trying to dominate. Xbox's sweeping layoffs recently hit 1,600 people across the gaming division, with...
Doom developer slams Xbox after layoffs hit id Software: "They fundamentally don't understand art. They don't understand games"
"We're not the same iD, we're half the same iD."
Layoffs Hit Staff at Crossfire Developer That’s No Moon
In yet another sweep of layoffs within the gaming space, Crossfire developer That’s No Moon has axed an as-yet undetermined number of staff. Now-former employees began posting about the situation on their LinkedIn profiles on August 6, confirming that they were affected by layoffs at the studio....
Layoffs Hit Staff at Crossfire Developer That’s No Moon
In yet another sweep of layoffs within the gaming space, Crossfire developer That’s No Moon has axed an as-yet undetermined number of staff.
Xbox's layoffs hit Halo Studios despite Campaign Evolved's success
Halo: Campaign Evolved saw huge success after its release last month, but that hasn't stopped its dev team from being impacted by layoffs.
Tencent’s “GTA Rival” Last Sentinel Collapses After Six Years of Development as 80 Layoffs Hit the Studio Behind It
Bloomberg's Jason Schreier has just published a new report detailing the collapse of Last Sentinel, the ambitious open world crime game backed by Tencent that was meant to go toe-to-toe with Grand Theft Auto. According to Schreier, the project has now effectively been shut down (although Tencent...
EA CEO Andrew Wilson’s Pay Climbed to a Staggering $38.6 Million Even as Shareholders Watched Layoffs Hit Battlefield 6 Studios
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson took home a truly staggering $38,649,984 in total compensation for fiscal year 2026, according to the company's newly filed 10-K report, and the timing couldn't look worse for a publisher that spent the same year cutting jobs across four Battlefield-focused studios...
Layoffs Hit Psychonauts Studio Just Three Weeks After Xbox Split
Double Fine is laying off 23 people as the studio goes independent.
The Elder Scrolls Online is struggling with "team bandwidth" after Xbox layoffs hit Bethesda and ZeniMax, leading devs to limit a store for in-game items
Amid the rubble of the layoffs across Xbox, which included numerous positions at Bethesda and ZeniMax, the remaining developers on The Elder Scrolls Online are starting to struggle. The MMO is one of numerous projects impacted by Microsoft's restructuring of its games division, with only a fraction...
The Elder Scrolls Online is struggling with "team bandwidth" after Xbox layoffs hit Bethesda and ZeniMax, leading devs to limit a store for in-game items
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New Disney Layoffs Hit Pixar Hard Despite $1.2 Billion Box Office From Toy Story 5 And Hoppers
It's unclear what more was expected
Disney Layoffs Hit Hundreds of Staff, With Pixar Cuts Reportedly in Part Due to Underperformance of Hoppers
Disney has today laid off hundreds of staff, with workers at Toy Story and Inside Out animation studio Pixar particularly impacted.
Another Elder Scrolls game is in jeopardy as Xbox layoffs hit heads of major studio
Over 200 staff have been laid off from ZeniMax Online Studios, the team behind The Elder Scrolls Online, including senior leadership figures.
"There are no benefits to being owned by Microsoft," says Doom dev: "They have destroyed immense amounts of value that I don't even think that they're aware of"
Xbox layoffs hit id Software one day before releasing the acclaimed Dark Ages DLC
Fallout 5, The Elder Scrolls 6, Blade, and More: As Xbox Layoffs Hit Hard, What's Going on at Bethesda?
Bethesda was hit hard by this week’s Xbox layoffs, with cuts to The Elder Scrolls and Fallout developer Bethesda Game Studios, Doom developer id Software, and The Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax Online Studios, among other parts of the business. A Maryland WARN Act notice shows 213 employees...
Fallout 5, The Elder Scrolls 6, Blade, and More: As Xbox Layoffs Hit Hard, What's Going on at Bethesda?
Bethesda was hit hard by this week’s Xbox layoffs, with cuts to The Elder Scrolls and Fallout developer Bethesda Game Studios, Doom developer id Software, and The Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax Online Studios, among other parts of the business.
Xbox layoffs hit accessibility leadership, calling into question Microsoft's continued commitment to accessibility initiatives
Accessibility efforts have been some of Microsoft's biggest wins—but that didn't stop it from cutting accessibility leads.
Xbox Layoffs Hit Fallout 76, Fans Fear For MMO's Future
Multiple Fallout 76 devs reveal that they've been laid off, including a quest designer who came from Fallout: London.
"DOOM, Quake, & Wolfenstein Are Not Easy Names To Carry On" - As Layoffs Hit, John Romero Praises id's Devs For Keeping Its Legacy Alive
"I’m thinking of everyone at id today". One of the biggest news stories in gaming at the moment is Xbox's brutal restructuring. This is a process that has seen at least four studios depart the Microsoft-owned outfit, as Xbox's Asha Sharma announces plans to cut "3,200 roles" throughout fiscal year...
Xbox layoffs hit The Outer Worlds 2 studio Obsidian
Obsidian Entertainment lost 25% of its staff due to the Xbox layoffs despite reportedly having several projects in the pipeline.
Staff at Fallout: New Vegas Developer Obsidian Reportedly Left Unsure How 'Huge List of Projects' Can Continue After Xbox Layoffs Hit Hard
Staff at Obsidian Entertainment are reportedly concerned about the studio’s future projects after it was hit hard by Microsoft’s Xbox layoffs.
Latest Xbox layoffs hit id Software as Doom: The Dark Ages' DLC launches, around half of the staff potentially cut
Xbox is cutting 3200 jobs between now and the end of financial year 2027, with studios like Undead Labs and Compulsion Games going independent as others also try to navigate an uncertain future. Moreover, ZeniMax's entire division - which includes all of Bethesda's big studios - is facing major...
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