It's been a hellish few years for people employed in the video game industry, as big studios have been laying off workers every chance they get while smaller
Few video game publications can claim a legacy that spans decades, let alone multiple mediums, including print, to the bitter end. Game Informer lasted a miraculous 33 years, and it
Right now, my social media feeds are full of people mourning layoffs, both on the journalism side, with the sudden closure of Game Informer today, and on the developer side,
Game Informer, a print gaming magazine and website owned by retailer GameStop, was abruptly shuttered Friday.
A post on the magazine's Twitter account reads, "After 33 thrilling
Destiny developer Bungie announced layoffs today, with plans to cut 220 people across the studio, which will include "most of our executive and senior leader roles."
Bungie CEO
In March, we ran a story about the Gamurs Group, a network of video game websites that includes Dot Esports, Destructoid, Twinfinite, Attack of the Fanboy, WGTC and Siliconera. Specifically,
Going into this year’s Summer Game Fest, the vibes were rancid. Over 10,000 game developers have been laid off since the start of 2024, more than in all
IGN's purchase of the Gamer Network last month--which included outlets like Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, GamesIndustry.biz and VG247--brought with it both the expected layoffs and the resulting
Today, IGN Entertainment announced that it has acquired the Gamer Network of sites – which includes Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, GamesIndustry.biz, and VG247 – from Reedpop, which owns PAX and has
Following Microsoft’s abrupt closure of four Bethesda studios earlier this week, increasingly dumb details keep coming out about the logic–if you could call it that–behind the decision.
This week, Microsoft — a company that already announced layoffs of 1,900 game workers earlier this year — once again took the scythe to its own workforce, shuttering four Bethesda studios
