Layoffs: news and videos
Every story and video about Layoffs from the outlets and channels we follow, newest first. 9 stories from 3 outlets in the last 60 days, 6 of them this week.
Stories
- After 'Crunching Hard' Through Their Final Months, Gears of War: E-Day Developers Are Reportedly Now Expecting Layoffs Gear of War: E-Day developers are reportedly in no mood to celebrate the game's imminent release, following months of overtime and fresh fears of further layoffs. That's according…
- Latest Xbox layoffs reportedly devastated Age of Empires developer and canceled its next game The latest stage of Xbox's delicately named " reset " arrived last Tuesday —but its impact on World's Edge Studio, the developer now behind the Age of Empires series, was only…
- Microsoft CEO says Xbox's "streamlining" is "great to see" despite cuts and layoffs Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has praised Xbox's ongoing "streamlining" under Xbox CEO Asha Sharma just days after another round of layoffs hit the division. Read more
- The Elder Scrolls Online's devs are pushing through hard times after layoffs and delays: 'We didn't want to rush to just hit a date' Terminally Online (Image credit: Future) This is Terminally Online : PC Gamer's very own MMO column. Every other week, I'll be sharing my thoughts on the genre, interviewing…
- Microsoft CEO says Xbox's 'streamlining' process is 'great to see' following its most recent round of layoffs Earlier this week, Xbox laid off 268 people on top of the 1,600 jobs it cut earlier this year. It has shoved Obsidian into Bethesda, handed Halo to Activision, said Sayonara to…
- GTA veteran's MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy has entered administration, following yet more reports of layoffs Last week brought reports of further layoffs at Build A Rocket Boy, the beleaguered studio behind the poorly received 2025 shooter MindsEye . In the wake of that news, the company…
- Xbox confirms 268 more layoffs, further studio closures, and Obsidian's shift to Bethesda as major restructuring continues Following reports that further job cuts were imminent at Xbox , Microsoft has confirmed more sweeping changes as its major restructuring continues. As a result, some Xbox studios…
- Blizzard layoffs are reportedly imminent, days after an exciting BlizzCon and a seemingly popular World of Warcraft: Forever beta UPDATE 4PM BST: Game Developer has reportedly seen an email Blizzard sent to employees that indicates it - or at least the World of Warcraft department - isn't affected by…
- Why do Japanese studios suffer fewer layoffs? Because they have smaller teams and don't pay their execs $30m, says one expert It's been a pretty grim year for video games. Aside from the "return of Xbox" new CEO Asha Sharma promised awhen taking over, which enacted the announcement of 3,200 layoffs and…
