Updated: Humble Games lays off all employees after failed attempts to sell
According to recent reports, indie publisher Humble Games has laid off its entire team of 36 staffers. While unconfirmed, employees claim that these layoffs...
Embracer divests Saber Interactive for $247M, pulls out of Russia
Embracer Group announced today that it has sold Saber Interactive for $247 million to Beacon Interactive. Reports of the deal going through first surfaced...
ESL Faceit Group lays off 15% of staff 2 years after $1.5B merger
ESL Faceit Group (EFG) is laying off 15% of its global workforce in an effort to reduce organizational complexity. This translates to the esports...
Both games and layoffs are off to a running start in 2024 | Kaser Focus
Now that we’re officially done with 2023, you’d think this would be the moment to look forward to a new, fresh start to the...
Discord cuts 17% of employees to ‘sharpen its focus’
Discord today joined the list of companies laying off employees in 2024, which includes likes of Unity and Amazon. The company announced in a...
Twitch issues layoffs to over 500 staff to ‘rightsize’ its workforce
Twitch, the Amazon-owned live streaming platform, has laid off 35% of its staff, or just over 500 employees. CEO Dan Clancy said these cuts...
LinkedIn’s community is a powerful counter to gaming job losses
It’s not a trade secret that the video game industry is in the middle of a layoff crisis. Thousands of professionals in the industry...
Ubisoft lays off over 100 employees to ‘streamline’ operations
2023 continues to be the year of major video game layoffs as Ubisoft confirmed today that it has laid off 124 employees, several of...
Bungie becomes the latest studio to lay off employees
One of 2023’s most depressing trends is major games studios laying off employees in an increasingly crowded job market. Now Bungie has become the...
Over 6,100 gaming jobs have been cut in 2023 (so far)
Like many sectors, game developers have been cutting headcount due to economic uncertainty through out 2023. According to Farhan Noor’s videogamelayoffs.com, game developers issued...