News Blackbird Interactive lays off 41 staff Announced projects not affected by this move, studio says Aug. 31, 2023 Marie Dealessandri
News Mimimi Games shutting down Studio will support just-released Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew but plans to wind down over coming months Aug. 29, 2023 Brendan Sinclair
News Imagendary Studios reportedly lays off majority of staff FunPlus subsidiary reduced to "skeleton crew" three years after founding with no game yet announced Aug. 28, 2023 Brendan Sinclair
News BioWare to lay off 50 employees Also studio's contract with Keywords, whose staffers voted to unionize last year, expires September 27 Aug. 23, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Callisto Protocol studio reduces staff by 32 employees Striking Distance Studios' layoffs comes a month after the game's June DLC launch Aug. 2, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau
News CD Projekt Red lays off 100 people 9% of developer's workforce will be made redundant between now and March 2024 July 26, 2023 Sophie McEvoy
Feature Why do games media layoffs keep happening? Redundancies are not uncommon, but the pace at which it's happening in games media is swelling July 4, 2023 Khee Hoon Chan
News Daedalic halting internal game dev, laying off 25 employees Company behind The Lord of the Rings: Gollum reportedly focusing on publishing business going forward June 30, 2023 Brendan Sinclair
News Pokémon Go maker to close LA studio The decision sees Niantic reduce its workforce by 230 staffers while shifting from in-house development June 29, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Hi-Rez Studios restructure results in layoffs Update: Layoffs affected "a little less than 30 employees," studio says June 28, 2023 Marie Dealessandri
News Over half of Scavengers Studio laid off Update: Studio downsizing to 16 staff only due to "economic context" and Season not meeting "commercial expectations," CEO said June 27, 2023 Marie Dealessandri
News Kiloo Games shutting down Employees of Subway Surfers co-developer say all staff to be laid off by the end of the month June 15, 2023 Brendan Sinclair
News Embracer announces restructuring program, studio closures expected It's "too early to give an exact forecast" on the number of layoffs, CEO says June 13, 2023 Marie Dealessandri
News Inverse lays off staff Bustle Digital Group cuts at least 25% of staff at entertainment, gaming and science site June 7, 2023 Brendan Sinclair
News EA reportedly lays off two thirds of Firemonkeys Studio Melbourne-based developer was providing live service support for three titles, now focused on The Sims Freeplay June 2, 2023 James Batchelor
News CD Projekt Red will lay off remaining 30 members of Gwent team Staff will be dismissed between now and the end of the year as development winds down on The Witcher's spin-off June 1, 2023 James Batchelor
News Sega announces 121 redundancies at Relic Entertainment Company of Heroes developer restructuring to 'focus on core franchises' May 23, 2023 Christopher Dring
News Layoffs at Crypt of the Necrodancer developer Brace Yourself Games Reports suggest around 50% of the studio's employees were affected by job cuts May 22, 2023 James Batchelor
News CD Projekt lays off 29 staff at The Molasses Flood That includes 21 employees on the US side and eight in Poland, as the project "changed" May 16, 2023 Marie Dealessandri
News Deviation Studios reportedly lays off up to 90 staff Redundancies come two years after developer announced partnership with PlayStation May 15, 2023 James Batchelor
News Ubisoft lays off 60 from customer service centers Publisher says customer relations team is "evolving its organization to focus on where we can have a significant impact" as it makes cuts in North Carolina and Newcastle May 10, 2023 Brendan Sinclair
News Sony shutting down PixelOpus Studio behind Concrete Genie and Entwined set to close its doors early next month May 8, 2023 Brendan Sinclair
News Plaion is restructuring, layoffs planned Publisher formerly known as Koch Media will merge Deep Silver, Prime Matter and Ravenscourt under single brand May 5, 2023 James Batchelor
News Unity lays off 600 more, closing half of offices CEO John Riccitiello says third round of layoffs in less than a year "all about setting ourselves up for higher growth" May 3, 2023 Brendan Sinclair
News Phoenix Labs cuts staff 9% of employees impacted as Dauntless studio decides to focus on fewer development projects, including the upcoming Fae Farm May 1, 2023 Brendan Sinclair