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Magic Arena developers say they were told to relocate or effectively lose their jobs
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Jason Schreier: Bungie is planning significant layoffs, Destiny 3 is NOT in active production
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Jason Schierier "Xbox is planning major layoffs next month"
BREAKING: Xbox is planning major layoffs next month, Bloomberg has learned, as new CEO Asha Sharma confronts a bleak picture and plans what she calls a "reset" of the business https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2mkgbhbhqva…
Jason Schreier: Bungie is planning a significant layoff following the end of Destiny 2's development. Destiny 3 is NOT in active production. Some Bungie staff are pitching and prototyping new ideas including Destiny games, but none are yet greenlit.
Jason Schreier: Bungie is planning a significant layoff following the end of Destiny 2's development. Destiny 3 is NOT in active production. Some Bungie staff are pitching and prototyping new ideas including Destiny game…
Jason Schreier: Bungie is planning a significant layoff following the end of Destiny 2's development. Destiny 3 is NOT in active production. Some Bungie staff are pitching and prototyping new ideas including Destiny games, but none are yet greenlit.
Jason Schreier: Bungie is planning a significant layoff following the end of Destiny 2's development. Destiny 3 is NOT in active production. Some Bungie staff are pitching and prototyping new ideas including Destiny game…
Jason Schreier: Bungie is planning a significant layoff following the end of Destiny 2's development. Destiny 3 is NOT in active production. Some Bungie staff are pitching and prototyping new ideas including Destiny games, but none are yet greenlit.
Jason Schreier: Bungie is planning a significant layoff following the end of Destiny 2's development. Destiny 3 is NOT in active production. Some Bungie staff are pitching and prototyping new ideas including Destiny game…
Meta lays off thousands of employees to offset AI investments
…According to a recent memo shared in May, the layoffs are now believed to be impacting approximately 8,000 people, around 10 percent of Meta’s 78,000 employees. The layoffs follow…
Xbox Will Reportedly Undergo Major Layoffs Next Month - Kotaku
Microsoft Xbox Xbox Series X/S By Rebekah Valentine Published June 10, 2026 | Comments ( 23 ) Xbox is planning a major wave of layoffs next month, according to a Bloomberg report . This comes…
Deus Ex developer Eidos Montréal announces mass job cuts, alongside departure of studio head David Anfossi
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Layoffs imminent at Bungie and GTA VI still on track for November
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Survey reveals that 99% of CEOs now expect AI-driven layoffs — companies are racing to replace junior workers with AI, even as many executives remain uncertain about the returns on AI investments
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Report: Another group of MindsEye authors has been laid off. The studio’s staff is now ten times smaller than it was during its peak | Game World Observer
…Build a Rocket Boy Kotaku sources reported that the studio Build a Rocket Boy has gone through another round of layoffs. MindsEye According to the publication, Build a Rocket Boy parted ways…