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New Nintendo mobile partner DeNA confirms layoffs at Vancouver game studio (updated)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Update at 11:57 a.m. Pacific: Additional sources tell us DeNA also laid off dozens in its San Francisco office as well. We are awaiting confirmation on those further details.

Japanese mobile game publisher DeNA has laid off a large group of employees at its development studio in Vancouver, a company spokesperson confirmed to GamesBeat today.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.