… Protests took place outside Rockstar parent company Take-Two's offices in the months following the layoffs, and the incident even reached UK parliament . …
… Although the assistance fund was announced prior to Monday's sweeping Xbox layoffs, which impacted 3200 people , its timing is nevertheless impeccable. Thousands of the people affected by the layoffs will be able to receive some sort of lifeline to help them navigate the next few months. …
… Bethesda was one of multiple Microsoft studios impacted by the mass Xbox layoffs affecting a total of 3,200 employees. …
… 1,600 of those cuts were effective immediately, with the remaining layoffs due to occur before the end of Microsoft's current financial year. …
… "We're mobilising to fight back against these layoffs not just to ensure impacted XBOX devs and testers get treated fairly, but to remind our company and game studios everywhere that layoffs like this cannot continue. …
… They're going to be joined by Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain IWGB members, alongside those from other unions and "the wider public". …
… No to the layoffs at Ubisoft Barcelona," the CSVI, a Spanish union for video game workers - part of the General Confederation of Labour - wrote on social media . …
… The reason for this workplace action is a selection of proposed layoffs from Ubisoft, which would impact 51 staff at the studio. Devs unhappy with this are demanding these staff not only keep their jobs, but that a job protection period of at least five years is established to avoid further layoffs. …
… Moreover, ZeniMax's entire division - which includes all of Bethesda's big studios - is facing major layoffs , even if no studios are being shut down for now. …
… This post comes shortly after the studio was hit by layoffs, as part of Xbox's wider "reset" to the gaming company and the studios it owns . …