Tag: layoffs
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Approximately 90 Employees to be Laid Off by Supermassive Games
The developer of The Dark Pictures Anthology and Little Nightmares III, Supermassive Games, is set to downsize its workforce by approximately 30%, which equates to around 90 staff members. This decision, according to a report by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, comes in response to the “significant challenges” currently faced by the games industry. The company communicated…
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Since the start of their “restructuring”, Embracer has dismissed 8% of their worldwide employees.
Embracer has outlined extensive debt restructuring efforts in their interim financial results for Q3 (October-December 2023), having laid off 8% of their global workforce since June 2023 and reducing the number of game projects in development from 224 to 179. CEO Lars Wingefors portrayed the period as “a stable quarter” with Embracer being “on track”…
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Discord to Cut Jobs of 17 Percent of Its Workforce
Today, I am sharing a difficult announcement. In our pursuit to better serve our users, business, and mission, we have taken the unfortunate step to reduce our workforce by 17%, letting go of 170 talented colleagues. Over the last few years, our company has grown significantly and while we’ve made remarkable strides in serving our…
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Unity to Cut 25% of its Staff
Unity, the multiplatform game engine company, has announced that it will be reducing its workforce by about 25%, which accounts for approximately 1,800 of its employees. The layoffs, which affect all segments of the company, are to be completed by March 2024 and is part of the company’s restructuring to refocus on its core business.…