All around him, friends in the gaming industry were being let go. "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 ...
Ubisoft, known for making the Assassin’s Creed series, tried to introduce NFTs in their game, but fans backlashed at it. The tech companies will look into NFTs as a glue that sticks the gaming industry and the metaverse together. Another reason why so many tech companies have targeted ...
Normally, releases of that caliber would define the year in gaming. Instead, 2023 may eventually be remembered as the year of massive game industry layoffs. Recently, news broke that around 25 of Naughty Dog employees have been let go. According to Kotaku, the affected staff will officially...
Firewalk in the wake of its disastrous launch of “Concord,” adding to the year’s 14,000 layoffs, Ubisoft on Tuesday announced it will shut down multiplayer shooter “XDefiant” in 2025 and lay off half of its production team as a result, all while shuttering offices ...
that Naughty Dog has ended several contracts it had with developers early, laying off around 25 developers. This had a negative impact onThe Last of Usmultiplayer gamebut, more importantly, is chillingly just the latest batch of layoffs in a rough couple of months for the video game industry...
The comment alludes to a need for growth within the gaming industry, which has struggled with that in 2024. The year has been filled with layoffs across studios big and small. Xbox alone has laid off thousands of employees and shuttered studios, including Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks....
In mid-August, Sonosannounced the layoff of 100 employees, sending shockwaves through the tech community and raising serious concerns about the company's future. These layoffs, which targeted key departments such as engineering and customer support, followed the release of ...
or parent problems. At the same time, Boards consider next year’s budget and school staffing. If layoffs are necessary, the order of layoff is “the last hired is first fired.” Some teachers are one-year teachers in multiple school districts when school financing is lean across the state...
“We recognize the difficulties faced by other studios in the industry, and our hearts go out to those who have encountered layoffs and funding challenges. In such a dynamic landscape, we've prioritized a people-first approach, ensuring the well-being of our ta...
In the case of Halo, Phil Spencer once famously said: "If we lose our way with Halo, we lose our way with Xbox" as reported byVG247. And unfortunately, Halo Infinite, an Xbox Game Studios mascot, has been so burdened with problems that 343 Industries have faced layoffs, leadership chang...