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MindsEye Devs Blast Former GTA Producer And Studio Leadership Over Forced Crunch And Botched Layoffs
10.10.2025
Nearly 100 current and former staff have signed an open letter calling for change
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One Of 2025’s Most Promising Games Is Already Winding Down Before Leaving Early Access
9.10.2025
The open-world prequel to Hyper Light Drifter has had it pretty rough
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Just Cause Devs Announce UK Studio Closure And Layoffs
30.9.2025
Developer Avalanche Studios announced that its studio located in Liverpool is shutting down
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Robert Kiyosaki Warns of Mass Layoffs as Government Shutdown Threat Shakes the System
28.9.2025
Job insecurity, rising economic uncertainty, and looming government shutdowns have prompted Robert Kiyosaki to champion entrepreneurship, asset ownership, and financial freedom over traditional employment. Kiyosaki Sounds the Alarm on Job Security Amid Government Turmoil Robert Kiyosaki, author...
Firaxis Lays Off ‘Dozens’ Of Devs After Civilization VII Struggles
4.9.2025
This is at least the third round of layoffs at a 2K-owned studio this year
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Diablo Team Unionizes Over AI, Remote Work, And ‘Passion Tax’ Of Working In Games
28.8.2025
Over 1,350 developers at Blizzard have formed unions
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Animoca’s Sandbox overhauls as co-founders confirm new strategic roles
28.8.2025
The Sandbox co-founders, Arthur Madrid and Sebastien Borget, have transitioned to new strategic roles amid an ongoing business optimization, Borget told Cointelegraph
Animoca’s Sandbox overhauls as co-founders confirm new strategic roles
28.8.2025
The Sandbox co-founders, Arthur Madrid and Sebastien Borget, have transitioned to new strategic roles amid an ongoing business optimization, Borget told Cointelegraph
Animoca’s Sandbox overhauls as co-founders confirm new strategic roles
28.8.2025
The Sandbox co-founders, Arthur Madrid and Sebastien Borget, have transitioned to new strategic roles amid an ongoing business optimization, Borget told Cointelegraph
Animoca’s Sandbox overhauls as co-founders confirm new strategic roles
28.8.2025
The Sandbox co-founders, Arthur Madrid and Sebastien Borget, have transitioned to new strategic roles amid an ongoing business optimization, Borget told Cointelegraph
BioShock 4 Reportedly Cuts 80 Developers Following Development Delays
20.8.2025
Cloud Chamber is losing a third of its staff with BioShock 4 still MIA
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Struggling BioShock 4 Studio Taps Ex-Diablo Boss Rod Fergusson Amid Layoffs
19.8.2025
The industry 'closer' arrives as the next BioShock has stalled
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Struggling BioShock 4 Studio Taps Ex-Diablo Boss Rod Fergusson Amid Layoffs
19.8.2025
The industry 'closer' arrives as the next BioShock has stalled
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IGN Boss Leaving After Latest Round Of Layoffs
12.8.2025
Games media veteran John Davison got his start at PC Zone and EGM back in the late '90s
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BioShock 4 Isn’t Getting Canceled Despite ‘Some Ups And Downs’
8.8.2025
Take-Two's CEO weighs in on the troubled project as developers worry about layoffs
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The Creator Behind Stop Killing Games Is Taking A Break
5.8.2025
Also Pilotwings comes to the Nintendo Music app, the Switch 2 might get smaller game card sizes, and IGN suffers more layoffs
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The Studio Behind Oblivion Remastered, One Of 2025's Biggest Hits, Is Reportedly Laying Off 300 People
16.7.2025
Virtuos, the support team behind big games like The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered and the upcoming Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater remake, is the latest in a sad line of developers releasing a successful project and being rewarded with layoffs. The studio is reportedly cutting about...
Report: Laid-Off Staff At Candy Crush Maker Say They've Been Training Their AI Replacements
15.7.2025
Candy Crush maker, King, which Microsoft acquired along with Activision Blizzard back in 2023, was the first hit when mass layoffs were announced across the company earlier this month. Now some impacted staff say morale is at an all time low, as AI they’ve been training for years is potentially...
The Protocol: Vitalik Buterin's Latest Proposal – Transaction Gas Cap
9.7.2025
Also: Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat, Volkswagen and Hivemapper Team Up, and EigenLabs Layoffs
Romero Games Says It’s Not Dead, But Looking For A New Publisher After Xbox Layoffs
7.7.2025
Romero Games, the studio led by Doom designer John Romero, had been reported as one of the casualties of Xbox’s devastating layoffs last week. This was based on a statement from the studio itself, which announced that the publisher lined up for its next project had pulled funding. However, if...