Following 2024's massive wave of layoffs across the video game industry, one in three game developers say they were impacted by the cuts.
It's perhaps easier to fathom the impact layoffs have had from another angle; in the Game Developers Conference's annual State of the Game Industry Survey, a third of the 3,000 respondents said they had been "impacted" by layoffs--whether they were among those who lost jobs,...
"My mind was racing, what could I do? I wasn't going to be the only one job-seeking at the moment because there were so many layoffs. They all happened at the same time." He went to the meeting, where his worst fears were confirmed. The company's chief executive said around 25%...
As Microsoft was embroiled during that legal process throughout 2023, another negative trend overtook the industry: layoffs. Over 9,000 people have been laid off from video game companies this year, according to data from tracking websiteVideo Game Layoffs, with the bubble finally bursting after ...
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Most of the reasons outlined in the article have to do with the game’s construction; I doubt that’s the reason for all the layoffs since people can simply play other games if they are not happy with the one they have. I think gaming is part of the overall economic bubble we are ...
Managers at video game companies aren’t necessarily using AI to eliminate entire departments, but many are using it to cut corners, ramp up productivity, and compensate for attrition after layoffs. In other words, bosses are already using AI to replace and degrade jobs. The process just doesn...
Gaming software firmUnity, Amazon-owned livestreaming service Twitch, mobile game publisher Playtika, and social platform Discord have also announced rounds of layoffs. Newzoo's Buijsman said a key challenge for game studios this year would be "to control costs in an overcrowded, increasingly con...
AI image generation is getting better, so much better that it could potentially present an existential threat for some video game developers. 2D animation is their trade but is also the primary task of services likeOpen AI’s image generator DALL-EandVizcom. As record layoffs hit the gam...
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