… It just doesn't pass the sniff test to try and say otherwise, and anyone doing so would be hard-pressed to convince anyone that you're 'unaffected' by surviving four waves of mass layoffs at your company in the span of a year. …
… Iron Galaxy is not the first studio to cite market conditions as the decision behind cuts, nor will it be the last, but the fault of layoffs taking place always lies with leadership, and if layoffs happen, it is because a company's leadership failed to prevent them. …
… It's unclear if those reported layoffs and this confirmed layoff are one and the same, or if this is a new round of cuts altogether. …
… Related Story Bungie Pulls the Plug on Destiny 2 After a Decade as June 9 Update Marks Its Final Major Content Drop This will be the third round of layoffs at Bungie since Sony acquired the company for $3.6 billion : October 2023 : Around 100 employees were laid off, alongside delays to two game pr… …
UPDATE Ubisoft reached out to state that there are no " production layoffs " in the Montréal office. ORIGINAL STORY French website Les Echos has revealed that Ubisoft is enacting another round of layoffs and studio closures. …
… " After an unsuccessful team-wide effort to secure funding following the cancellation of a major project, we had to make the decision to significantly reduce the size of the company. …
… So, why all the layoffs? …
… In his latest newslestter , Dreunen dug into his thoughts on what's happening with Epic Games, and why he believes the company is in the middle of a collapse. …
… He writes, " I should note that the layoffs aren't related to AI. …
… With the upcoming layoffs looming over all of Xbox studios, while we've seen reports naming a few studios under threat of shuttering, there are more we still don't know about and even those that aren't getting shuttered could still suffer severe layoffs. …