Tag: layoffs

Majority of Bithell Games’ full-time staff made redundant

Industry Gabriel Stanford-Reisinger -
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

Industry Gabriel Stanford-Reisinger -
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

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

Crytek lays off 15% of its staff

Industry Gabriel Stanford-Reisinger -
Crytek has slashed about 400 employees following current financial struggles spurred on by industry issues.

Wallace and Gromit studio deals with layoffs

Film & TV Industry Gabriel Stanford-Reisinger -
Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run studio, Aardman, is facing a bout of layoffs amid a massive financial loss.

Layoffs continue to hit Microsoft with a focus on Activision Blizzard

Industry Matt Marston -
New Microsoft-led layoffs are happening, this time, its eyes are set on Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile and Warcraft Rumble staff.

Wired Productions supported KeokeN “on multiple occasions”

Exclusive Gabriel Stanford-Reisinger -
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

Industry Gabriel Stanford-Reisinger -
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

Industry Gabriel Stanford-Reisinger -
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."

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

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

Avalanche shuts down North America divisions

Industry Gabriel Stanford-Reisinger -
Avalanche Studios, the company behind the Just Cause franchise, looks to be pulling out of North America with two studio closures.

What Tango’s closure tells us about game dev job security

Editors' Picks Gabriel Stanford-Reisinger -
For all the studio closures as of late, none hit as hard as Tango Gameworks, the one Xbox studio that brought a brand-new award-winning exclusive IP.