Riot Games has laid off 530 people.
Riot Games has laid off 530 people.
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Riot Games lays off 530 people as it focuses on high-impact projects

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Riot Games cofounder/chief product officer Marc Merrill and CEO Dylan Jadeja announced in a post they have laid off 530 people at the company, which is famous for its League of Legends and Valorant games.

They said in the post they are refocusing the company on high-impact projects that “move us toward a more sustainable future.” In doing so, they are the latest of many companies that have laid off thousands of people in the past year as the game market struggles.

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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.