How two veteran studios have avoided layoffs | Sustainability lessons for games
Finding studios in the games industry that haven’t had large-scale layoffs in the last few years is becoming increasingly difficult. This past week alone,...
How certain game studios have avoided layoffs | Sustainability lessons for games
If there’s one kind of story that’s taken up an outsized part of the games industry’s news for the last few years, it’s layoff...
A question for the industry: How will external developers use AI tools? | The DeanBeat
Here’s a question I’m pondering. How will external developers use AI tools for their customers, the game development and publishing companies? Keep Reading with...
Microsoft reports strong Q2 results amid big Xbox layoffs
This will probably anger game developers and gamers. Microsoft reported strong fiscal-fourth-quarter revenues of $90 billion, up 18% from a year earlier. Analysts had...
Double Fine lays off 23 staff members after going independent from Xbox
Double Fine confirmed that it has laid off 23 members of its staff following its recent move to independence from Microsoft. CEO Tim Schafer...
Xbox layoff reactions | The industry and ex-employees react to Microsoft’s biggest course correction in gaming
This post was put together by GamesBeat’s staff including Alex Lee, Dean Takahashi and Jolie Feld. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced today that Microsoft...
Why Microsoft shouldn’t lay off so many Xbox employees | The DeanBeat
Microsoft is expected to lay off a lot of employees on July 6. We don’t have full transparency into the numbers yet, and we...
Xbox faces new wave of layoffs next month | Bloomberg report
Microsoft’s new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is evidently planning a major wave of layoffs next month, according to a news report in Bloomberg. After...
Sony shuts down remake studio Bluepoint
Confirming a report in Bloomberg, Sony has acknowledged it has shut down Bluepoint Games. The studio was known for its remasters of Shadow of...
The game industry’s 2026 starts rough with 32 layoffs affecting 2,015 jobs | Amir Satvat
Defying rosy forecasts, the game industry has seen 32 layoffs totaling 2,015 roles affected so far in 2026, according to game jobs champion Amir Satvat....