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While CEOs got dressed up for the Game Awards, 461 workers at Zenimax Online Studios unionised
Sneaky in the best way
Layoffs
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Former Mass Effect director cancels his next sci-fi game as his studio closes before it is fully revealed
"Funding shortfall" to blame
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Layoffs hit workers at Reflector Entertainment, makers of Unknown 9: Awakening
Art and narrative departments affected
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Nightingale can't outfly "the stark realities of the industry" as creators Inflexion close UK office and lay people off
Gaslamp fantasy "hasn't been commercially successful enough" to keep staff on
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Diablo IV support studio hit by layoffs putting 139 people out of work, proving that Embracer's "restructuring" is not over
"Shifting market conditions"
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Destiny 3 may yet happen, but Destiny's unannounced "Payback" spin-off won't, according to reports
Senior Destiny 2 devs behind mystery project leave as part of massive reductions
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Bungie layoffs “couldn't be avoided” even if Destiny 2 The Final Shape had "blockbuster performance”, says report
The lauded expansion has apparently sold worse than the panned Lightfall
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Destiny creators Bungie lay off 220 people and form new studio within Sony to stave off financial ruin
"We were overly ambitious," says CEO
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Humble Games announce ‘restructuring’, laying off entire publishing team
36 members of the team reportedly affected
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Embracer reportedly close down cult RPG maker Piranha Bytes, creators of Gothic, Risen, and Elex
Former head opens a new studio
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How Embracer's cuts killed a potential Red Faction sequel and gutted a promising studio
The exclusive inside story of Chorus developers Fishlabs, from Project Black to Project White
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Activision QA supplier Lionbridge accused of retaliatory layoffs in "union busting" move
Entire 160-person team laid off in retaliation, alleges CWA union
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Game Pass’s “only (outside) shot” for sustainability is to get GTA 6 or Call of Duty, says former Microsoft senior PR lead
Xbox under pressure “to cut expenses to the bone”
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More Xbox studio cuts likely to follow Tango and Arkane Austin, and Game Pass looks like the culprit
Studios spread thin like “peanut butter on bread” says Xbox president Matt Booty
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We could be seeing Total War: Warhammer 3’s redemption after months of backlash
Sales for the sale throne, reviews for the review god
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Deliver Us Mars developers lay off all staff but plan to 'rebuild brick by brick'
They "exhausted" all options to find a new project
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Embracer will split into three companies, including Middle-earth & Friends
Lars Wingefors to carry on as "a long-term, active, committed and supportive owner"
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$70 titles are doomed to go “the way of the dodo” says Saber Interactive CEO
$70 games with beaks and feathers? Sign me up!
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How do we stop the next round of games industry mass layoffs?
Thoughts from Larian, union advocates, Motion Twin and industry lobbyists
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Company of Heroes and Dawn of War devs Relic suffer layoffs one week after reclaiming independence from Sega
Job losses apparently needed to give studio “the best possible chance to survive in an increasingly volatile industry”
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Embracer say their restructure is over, but it's "too early" to start acquiring studios again
My bone thresher is not yet ready to thresh more bones