VR developer Vertigo Games shutters Amsterdam studio
VR developer Vertigo Games has announced the closure of its Amsterdam studio. CEO Richard Stitselaar attributed the studio's closure to the challenges facing the VR industry . …
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Meta Quest usage reaches "all-time high" in 2025 despite studio closures and layoffs
… At this year's GDC Festival of Gaming , Meta's director of games Chris Pruett discussed how the company continues to invest in VR despite studio closures and layoffs. …
Xbox is reportedly considering closing South of Midnight studio, Compulsion Games, with Double Fine and Ninja Theory also allegedly at risk
… Further reporting from Bloomberg suggests "several Xbox studios" are in similar crisis talks, including Double Fine and Hellblade developer Ninja Theory, as management fight to spin off the studios to avoid closure. …
Ubisoft reportedly cancels life-simulator project Alterra
… Ubisoft also announced a final round of cost-cutting and studio closures to achieve €200 million in savings, including the closure of Ubisoft Stockholm and Ubisoft Halifax. …
Sony closes first-party studio Dark Outlaw Games
First-party PlayStation studio Dark Outlaw Games has been shut down. The studio, founded by Treyarch veteran Jason Blundell last March, was working on an undisclosed project. …
Eidos-Montréal announces 124 job cuts; studio head David Anfossi departs after 19 years at developer
… The studio implemented cuts in December , and employees reported that most projects had been cancelled. The current focus is reportedly on co-development, including Microsoft's Grounded 2 and Fable. The studio's last developed and released title was Guardians of the Galaxy in 2021. …
Greedfall developer Spiders set to close
… Citing "several sources close to the matter," Origami's reporting suggested the request to liquidate the studio is "merely a formality at this stage" after the studio's other recent project, codenamed Dark, was cancelled last year. …
Battlefield 6 takes home Game of the Year at UKIE Video Game Awards 2026
… Yesterday, the Farnborough-based studio announced restructuring, which will include "significant" staff reductions and the closure of two studios. …
Build a Rocket Boy reportedly hit with more layoffs
… The Montpellier studio opened in 2022 . …
Ubisoft announces layoffs and the cease of game development at Red Storm Entertainment
… HQ will act as a global allocator in terms of capital and resource, and the Core Services and the Creative Network are really the two supportive structures to help the Creative Houses to make their games." Ubisoft is in the process of making a round of layoffs and studio closures in order to make s… …