Tag: gaming industry layoffs

Majority of Bithell Games’ full-time staff made redundant

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Bithell Games has made a majority of its full-time staff redundant following the tepid release of Tron: Catalyst and a lack of new work.

The Chinese Room goes through round of layoffs

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Not long after The Chinese Room bought itself out of Sumo Digital's grasp, it undergoes a round of layoffs.

I Am Bread, Surgeon Simulator dev to “scale back” operations

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I Am Bread and Surgeon Simulator studio Bossa Games plans a second round of layoffs and reshaping its business model.

XDefiant shutting down, studios shutter

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Ubisoft's free-to-play shooter, XDefiant, which formerly donned the Tom Clancy name, is shutting down alongside the two studios that...

Somerville dev, JumpShip, deemed “redundant”

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Somerville studio, JumpShip, has been shut down by parent company, Thunderful Group.

Layoffs in effect at Penny’s Big Breakaway dev

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Penny's Big Breakaway developer, Evening Star, has announced that's let go of six staffers. The decisions were made based...

Mortal Kombat: Onslaught shuttered less than a year after launch

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NetherRealm Studios is shuttering its nine-month-old mobile Mortal Kombat game, Mortal Kombat: Onslaught.

Wired Productions supported KeokeN “on multiple occasions”

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Wired Productions served as the console publisher behind KeokeN Interactive's debut game, Deliver Us The Moon. Following the layoffs...

Tales of Kenzera: ZAU developer confirms layoffs less than a year after release

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Tales of Kenzera: ZAU developer, Surgent Studios, has gone through a round of layoffs affecting "just over a dozen" of its staff.

Embracer cuts canned a new Red Faction game

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Embracer Group's layoffs led to a canceled Red Faction game last year that would've kept the building destruction system and been more "open-ended."

Paradox Tectonic closes its doors after Life by You cancelation

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Unsurprisingly, Paradox Tectonic, developer of the now-canceled Life by You, has been shut down, leaving 24 people out of the job.

FromSoft layoffs won’t happen as long as Miyazaki is in charge

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FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki asserts that while he's in charge, the studio won't ever conduct mass layoffs.