…So, lacking clear information from the company, union leadership is preparing for layoff negotiations anyway. According to Veneto, the World of Warcraft union had already shared a layoff proposal in bargaining a…
…Sources familiar with the company and its restructuring have suggested that up to 170 employees could be at risk. The studio has yet to officially confirm that layoffs have taken place, but…
…Posts on BlueSky and Linkedin indicated layoffs taking place at Obsidian, developer of The Outer Worlds and Pentiment. Those impacted include Daniel Alpert, an Art Director who'd been with the company…
…that's also owned by EA, also announced layoffs and "restructuring" in February. However, EA isn't the only company in the industry to look at downsizing its personnel. Ubisoft said it…
Epic devs discuss the shock of mass layoffs: 'We only had a slight hint that the company revenue wasn't doing well'
Seeing a lot of IT positions getting layoffs in the news and on r/Layoffs to make way for funding for AI. They don't seem to list what positions are being cut. My suspicion is that Developers seem to be taking the brunt …
So everyone always talks about the scenario where for example a CEO fires 3 out of 5 devs because the remaining 2 can just use AI to do the same amount of work. When that happens, people get pissed because it’s obvious c…
I see a lot of hate on GitHub, I see GitLab recently announced a lot of layoffs and it seems they've joined the 'people you love to hate' club in terms of public opinion. That leaves who for hosting private repos? Bitbuc…
Recent tech layoffs would initially appear to indicate the great labor shift from human workers to AI may already be happening. Meta announced last week in a memo that it plans to lay off 10% of its workforce, about 8,00…
…Some studios, like Xbox's Compulsion Games , have been hit with layoffs for reportedly missing the financial targets set by their parent company, while other studios could have record-breaking sales and…
…That all layoffs be canceled as long as there is no solid plan to ensure the company’s future, The reactivation of the unannounced project, and its presentation to other publishers and…
Bethesda layoffs include the artist responsible for designing Skyrim's khajiit and argonians, who had been at the company for 27 years
…The company has spent close to $100 billion on acquisitions over the past several years. The expectation is that Xbox will dramatically scale back its operations with this round of layoffs, doubling…
…These layoffs are not all permanent headcount reductions. A person familiar with the layoffs told TechCrunch that the company is still hiring people for roles in its IT department, but for different…
…Last Thursday, Evans announced on X that the company, which was last valued in 2021 at $4 billion , had laid off 22% of its workforce yet characterized that reduction as not a…
