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Meta shuts down Quest developer Ready at Dawn
Meta shuts down Quest developer Ready at Dawn
Across its 21-year lifetime, Ready at Dawn developer the Echo series for the Meta Quest, along with Daxter, various God of War spinoffs, and The Order: 1886.
Aug. 8, 2024
GameStop shuts down Game Informer
GameStop shuts down Game Informer
Game Informer has been shut down after 33 years in publication.
Aug. 5, 2024
Jam City lays off 10% off staff
Jam City lays off 10% off staff
Mobile developer Jam City has been affected by layoffs.
Aug. 5, 2024
Jam City lays off nearly 85 employees as industry fails to hit 'upward trend'
Jam City lays off nearly 85 employees as industry fails to hit 'upward trend'
The mobile developer said its newest cuts were spurred by the industry's continued layoffs and the underperformance of its own titles.
Aug. 3, 2024
Game Informer Magazine is shutting down
Game Informer Magazine is shutting down
The long-running publication was abruptly shut down by parent company GameStop after launching its own, separate print subscription five months ago.
Aug. 3, 2024
Intel announces layoffs of around 15,000 staff
Intel announces layoffs of around 15,000 staff
Intel had announced it is reducing its global workforce by around 15,000 employees.
Aug. 2, 2024
Indie publisher Armor Games reportedly axes publishing team
Indie publisher Armor Games reportedly axes publishing team
Ex-staff claim the publisher has eliminated its entire publishing team. If true, it's unclear what that means for the games Armor's expected to publish.
Aug. 2, 2024
Armor Games Studios has seemingly laid off its publishing team
Armor Games Studios has seemingly laid off its publishing team
Armor Games has laid off an unknown number of staff from its publishing team, Armor Games Studio.
Aug. 1, 2024
Bungie lays off another 220 staff, acknowledging it was "overly ambitious"
Bungie lays off another 220 staff, acknowledging it was "overly ambitious"
Bungie is laying off 220 developers. That's 17% of its overall headcount.
July 31, 2024
Keywords subsidiary Lively Games hit with 'small' layoffs in studio restructuring
Keywords subsidiary Lively Games hit with 'small' layoffs in studio restructuring
Lively's reportedly minimal reductions are said to be isolated to itself, and will not spread to fellow studio Electric Square.
July 31, 2024
Destiny developer Bungie cutting 220 jobs after exceeding 'financial safety margins'
Destiny developer Bungie cutting 220 jobs after exceeding 'financial safety margins'
Bungie also plans to integrate over 100 employees into Sony Interactive Entertainment and PlayStation Studios to help 'save a great deal of talent.'
July 31, 2024
Twitch staff fear further layoffs
Twitch staff fear further layoffs
Twitch could be considering a further wave of redundancies.
July 30, 2024