Layoffs & Closures in Tech and Gaming

The Studio Behind Last Year’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 Remasters Hit With More Mass Layoffs As It Tries To Adapt To The Video Game Industry’s New Normal

Iron Galaxy is cutting employees to 'evolve' with the changing game industry

Epic’s Head Of HR Is Out Less Than A Month After 1,000+ Layoffs

Monika Fahlbusch joined the Fortnite maker five years ago

Ubisoft Settles With Developers Who Were Laid Off After Unionizing

The Assassin's Creed maker is currently making cuts across the company

Ubisoft Halifax union members agree settlement after studio closure

'We are extremely grateful to our union for negotiating this package for us.'

The Strait of Hormuz blockade is causing a slow-moving food crisis

Farmers are very busy in the spring, under pressure to get crops into the ground just as the Northern Hemisphere begins to thaw. But this year has been different for many, thanks i

Allegations Continue To Fly Over Shutdown Of $3.2 Million Kickstarter MMO Ashes Of Creation

A new report claims Intrepid Studios' CEO spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in Kickstarter funds to fuel his lavish lifestyle

2026’s Newest Sci-Fi Extraction Shooter Only Lasted Three Weeks Before Announcing It’s Shutting Down

Live-Service game The Cube, Save Us is closing in one month

Unionized ProPublica staff are on strike over AI, layoffs, and wages

Unionized staff at ProPublica, one of the country's leading nonprofit newsrooms, are walking off the job for 24 hours beginning Wednesday and asking the public to honor a digital p

Embracer layoffs, Nintendo's patent problem, and is Baby Steps an Uncharted sequel? - Patch Notes #46

Plus: A bumper opening for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and the Limit Break mentorship program returns.

Pinterest said he violated laid-off colleagues’ privacy. Now he’s going public

It was late January, and Pinterest engineer Teddy Martin was on edge about recent layoffs at the company. Martin had just survived a round of cuts, but he and other employees were

Microsoft’s new ‘superintelligence’ game plan is all about business

Mustafa Suleyman has been preparing for his new job description for a long time. Suleyman is Microsoft's inaugural CEO of AI, but after the company underwent a large-scale restruct

French consumer group sues Ubisoft over shutdown of The Crew

The lawsuit is backed by Stop Killing Games, which has accrued over 1.3 million signatures.

Nintendo is weathering the storm

Things aren't going so well in the video game industry. Consoles are getting more expensive, games are shutting down, layoffs are prevalent, the live-service space is a mess, major

Embracer Group has laid off 124 employees at Eidos Montreal

The Canadian studio has cut around 300 roles since 2024.

Report: Series Entertainment-owned mobile studio Pixelberry lays off staff

The Choices developer previously reportedly laid off an unspecified number of staff in 2024.

Epic Is Working To Restore Life Insurance To Laid Off Employee With Terminal Brain Cancer

The family is asking for help as it navigates the unthinkable

Studio Behind Last Year’s Critically Acclaimed Cozy Sim Shutting Down After Failing To Get Its Cool New Prototype Funded

Ivy Road is closing its doors after one last update to Wanderstop

Nintendo cuts Switch 2 production, layoffs at Epic and PlayStation, and another Saudi acquisition - Patch Notes #45

Plus: Crimson Desert sells 3 million copies and a love letter to 'girl games.'

Analyst says Epic Games layoffs send a clear signal: 'This will not get any easier'

The myth of perpetual growth continues to bulldoze through the industry.

Meta is laying off hundreds of employees as it pours money into AI

Meta is laying off hundreds of employees across its company, according to reports from The New York Times, NBC News, and The Information. The job cuts impact workers on Meta's recr