Bungie Lays Off Hundreds of Developers, Again
Yesterday, PlayStation Studio’s owned Bungie announced via a blog post called “The New Path for Bungie” from Pete Parsons, that they would be gutting 220 people’s jobs today across various divisions...
Dauntless and Fae Farm Studio, Pheonix Labs Hit with Layoffs
2023 and 2024 have not been pretty for the games industry. As there have been thousands upon thousands of people who have lost their jobs across multiple studios and publishers. From...
A New Tide – Square Enix Restructure: Multiplatform Push and Layoffs
Square Enix is a beloved publisher. It is one that everyone has their eye on. From the many fantasies that aren’t quite final, exploring Disney-filled kingdoms and seeing oceans of stars....
No Leaf Clover – Hi-Fi Rush Studio ‘Tango Gameworks’ Shuttered
In the year 2023, the Xbox platform was in a dark spot. Following a year with minimal releases from first party studios in 2022 and many roadblocks in the Activision/Blizzard purchase,...
Xbox Can’t Hold the Line – Opinion
It’s hard to deny that the video game industry is a bit of a rut these days. Layoffs have spared no one and continue to rear its ugly head across...
Layoffs Hit PlayStation – Studio Closure, 900 Let Go, and Projects Canceled
The gaming industry in recent years suffered from layoffs. Publishers large and small have suffered, with Embracer and Microsoft being more recent examples. PlayStation unfortunately joins the growing list of industry...
Supermassive Games Set To Lay Off A Third Of Its Staff
Layoffs ravaged the video game industry in 2023. Most of the biggest players such as Sony, Microsoft, and Embracer Group, all did large amounts of restructuring. This included thousands of developers...
Layoffs Hit Airship Syndicate, Developers of Wayfinder
2023 was plagued with some of the worst layoffs we have seen in the industry. According to an unofficial tracker, over 10,000 people were laid off in total last year. But...
Town Crier – Gaming News Roundup for 1/6/2024
With a slow start to the week, it seemed like 2024 was destined to ease us into the new year. But like the industry at large, the gaming news keeps up...
Digital Extremes Faces Layoffs as They Divest from Wayfinder
Yesterday, in a report from PCGamer, it was reported that Digital Extremes, developer of Warframe and the upcoming Soulframe, has shut down their publishing arm. Leaving an unconfirmed number of employees without a job. As...
