… "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. …
… Union To Target AI, Layoffs, And Remote Work As Key Concerns Many of the issues listed in the open letter from the United Wizards of the Coast union are the same ones we've seen flagged by many game developers in recent years. …
… 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. …