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Both games and layoffs are off to a running start in 2024 | Kaser Focus

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
January 13, 2024
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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...

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Discord cuts 17% of employees to ‘sharpen its focus’

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
January 11, 2024
1 min

Discord today joined the list of companies laying off employees in 2024, which includes likes of Unity and Amazon. The company announced in a...

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Twitch is the leading games livestreaming service owned by Amazon

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Twitch issues layoffs to over 500 staff to ‘rightsize’ its workforce

Posted byby Jordan Fragen
January 10, 2024
2 min

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...

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Tencent's Amir Satvat and Devoted Studio's Ninel Anderson speak at GamesBeat Next 2023.

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LinkedIn’s community is a powerful counter to gaming job losses

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
November 21, 2023
2 min

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...

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Assassin's Creed: Valhalla is one of the games Microsoft is showing off at Xbox 20/20/

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Ubisoft lays off over 100 employees to ‘streamline’ operations

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
November 7, 2023
1 min

2023 continues to be the year of major video game layoffs as Ubisoft confirmed today that it has laid off 124 employees, several of...

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Bungie becomes the latest studio to lay off employees

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
October 30, 2023
1 min

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...

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Over 6,100 gaming jobs have been cut in 2023 (so far)

Posted byby Jordan Fragen
October 6, 2023
2 min

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...

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The Wolf Among Us 2 is coming in 2023 from Telltale and WB.

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Telltale Games reportedly laid off several employees in September

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
October 5, 2023
1 min

Telltale Games allegedly laid off several staff members at the beginning of September, according to former cinematic artist Jonah Huang. Huang said on X...