… "This is a historic first step." With the award-winning visual development team hit the hardest by these layoffs, and now outsourcing even more to contractors, it's hard to imagine this culture improving anytime soon. …
… "While we would hope that a company like Microsoft with $88 billion in profits last year could achieve 'long term success' without destroying the livelihoods of 650 of our colleagues, heartless layoffs like these have become all too common. …
… You can reach them at James.t@thegamer.com Sign in to your TheGamer account Between 2022 and 2026, there have been approximately 45,000 layoffs in the games industry. …
… The problems are only being compounded by exuberant budgets and live-service failures that upend entire studios, with widespread layoffs that have only continued in the aftermath of the COVID boom. …
… Just a few months ago, Full Circle announced layoffs as part of a restructuring effort . …
… This is the second lawsuit initiated by the workers and union, with the first concerning the layoffs after the failure of MindsEye . …
… You can reach them at James.t@thegamer.com Sign in to your TheGamer account Last year, it was reported that, following layoffs at the studio, 300 of the remaining 850 employees at Bungie were working on Marathon , while 550 spearheaded Destiny 2 . …
… Bloomberg reported soon after that the studio is now bracing for layoffs , with no plans to develop a third game, and according to Jason Schreier, it all comes down to cost. …
… Henderson and co-host Mike Straw, however, have not been able to verify recent reports that the Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown team has reunited for a new project despite layoffs at the studio. …
… The game was soon 'unlaunched' and re-entered beta amid layoffs at the studio, but its re-release didn't fare much better, opening to a concurrent peak of just 2,297 players . …