Talent shortages bedevil game development | Perforce

Perforce today published its 2023 State of Game Development & Design Report, which collects information from game developers in order to provide insights on the industry as a whole. One of the takeaways from this year’s report is that game developers generally find talent issues to be one of the major challenges they’re facing.

According to Perforce’s report, 32% of developers surveyed said that acquiring and retaining talent was one of the most difficult parts of game development. Similarly, 43% of respondents cited a lack of team members and knowledge as the key factors in slower game development. Triple-A game developers cited a lack of time as another major challenge, but across all developers talent issues appeared to be the biggest challenge. They also mentioned communication issues and the changing dynamic of remote work.