layoffs - Aftermath (Page 2)

Meta Layoffs Hit Batman: Arkham Shadow Studio Camouflaj, Game Projects Canceled

The studio remains open for now, but it's been gutted

By Nathan Grayson

/ 14 Jan 2026

Meta Layoffs Hit Batman: Arkham Shadow Studio Camouflaj, Game Projects Canceled

Bad Day

Two weeks into the year, too many layoffs

By Nathan Grayson

/ 13 Jan 2026

‘Lay Off CEOs Instead’: Game Awards Protesters Fed Up With The Show And The State Of The Industry

"The ones who made the games are outside. [Bosses and executives] are inside patting themselves on the back"

By Nathan Grayson

/ 15 Dec 2025

‘Lay Off CEOs Instead’: Game Awards Protesters Fed Up With The Show And The State Of The Industry

What If We Threw Every Person Involved In Private Equity Into The Ocean

Just asking a question

By Luke Plunkett

/ 26 Nov 2025

What If We Threw Every Person Involved In Private Equity Into The Ocean

Days After Hyping Games Business To Investors, Netflix Closes Squid Game: Unleashed Studio

Netflix has closed Squid Game: Unleashed developer Boss Fight Entertainment, according to former staff. News spread about the closure on Thursday, just days after Netflix's third quarter financial

By Nicole Carpenter

/ 24 Oct 2025

Squid Game participants and guards standing in a row in Squid Game: Unleashed

MindsEye Workers Condemn Leadership's 'Disrespect And Mistreatment' In Open Letter

Workers laid off from MindsEye developer Build A Rocket Boy have sent an open letter and launched legal action against the company. The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain’

By Nicole Carpenter

/ 10 Oct 2025

Screenshot from MindsEye, showing a person with a gun firing at others

Trying To Get A Job In Video Games Right Now Is Like Crawling Through Hell

The application process has become a dehumanising, demoralising grind

By Luke Plunkett

/ 2 Oct 2025

Trying To Get A Job In Video Games Right Now Is Like Crawling Through Hell

Months After Microsoft Layoffs, Zenimax Unions Never Stopped Fighting For Impacted Workers

Back in July, Microsoft laid off 9,100 employees across the company, in particular gutting numerous games teams and leading to a cascade of high-profile project cancellations that included

By Nathan Grayson

/ 17 Sep 2025

Months After Microsoft Layoffs, Zenimax Unions Never Stopped Fighting For Impacted Workers

Seven Months After Civ VII's Launch, Firaxis Workers Are Being Laid Off

In February, Civilization VII released to what feels like (the internet wasn't around in the 90s!) the worst reception in series history, its major new features dividing fans

By Luke Plunkett

/ 4 Sep 2025

Seven Months After Civ VII's Launch, Firaxis Workers Are Being Laid Off

Crystal Dynamics Lays Off Workers Due To 'Evolving Business Conditions', Which Is Putting It Mildly

Storied development studio Crystal Dynamics, famous for their work on everything from Tomb Raider to Marvel's Avengers to Gex, announced earlier today that as a "result of

By Luke Plunkett

/ 27 Aug 2025

Crystal Dynamics Lays Off Workers Due To 'Evolving Business Conditions', Which Is Putting It Mildly

IGN Lays Off 8 Staff, 12% Of Union

Following layoffs at parent company Ziff Davis last week, the IGN Creators Guild has announced eight layoffs at IGN today, comprising 12% of the site’s bargaining unit. Today’s

By Riley MacLeod

/ 4 Aug 2025

If You're Going To Reject Someone's Video Game Job Application, You Don't Have To Be A Dick About It

I was on Linkedin again yesterday--I have a problem, I know--and even by that site's low standards I saw something that rocked my socks clean off.

By Luke Plunkett

/ 11 Jul 2025

If You're Going To Reject Someone's Video Game Job Application, You Don't Have To Be A Dick About It