Layoffs
Bungie Seeks to Sublease Most of Its Massive Bellevue Headquarters
After a costly 2021 expansion and repeated rounds of layoffs, Bungie is looking to sublease the majority of its 211,000-square-foot campus, citing a shift to remote work.
3 outletsBusinessCD Projekt Red Lays Off Staff on Witcher Multiplayer Project Sirius
CD Projekt Red has reportedly cut nine developers from Project Sirius, its long-delayed multiplayer Witcher spin-off, with nine more staff being reassigned internally amid a broader shift in development strategy.
2 outletsBusinessSupermassive Games Cuts Up to 75 Jobs in Third Layoff Round in Under Three Years
UK studio Supermassive Games has announced a redundancy process that could affect up to 75 employees, months after the mixed launch of Directive 8020 and the departure of its CEO.
2 outletsBusinessXbox CEO's Elder Scrolls 6 Preview Coincides With Layoff Protest Outside Bethesda HQ
As Xbox CEO Asha Sharma toured Bethesda's Rockville office and previewed The Elder Scrolls VI, unionized workers staged a protest outside featuring a giant inflatable rat and rows of red flags representing employees laid off during Xbox's ongoing restructuring.
4 outletsBusinessSupermassive Games Cuts Up to 75 Jobs in Third Layoff Round in Under Three Years
Supermassive Games, the UK studio behind Until Dawn, The Quarry, and the Dark Pictures Anthology, has announced layoffs affecting as many as 75 employees, just three months after releasing Directive 8020.
3 outletsBusinessid Software Developer Says Microsoft's Cuts Make Making Games Like Doom 'Impossible'
A lead developer at id Software, speaking on the Well Played podcast, says the studio's staff cuts under Microsoft have gutted entire departments and left morale at an all-time low, disputing official statements that the studio is unchanged.
2 outletsBusinessBlizzard Named Xbox's Top-Performing Studio Amid Overwatch and Diablo 4 Resurgence
A leaked internal email from Blizzard President Johanna Faries reportedly shows the studio ended its fiscal year as Xbox's top performer, driven by Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred and a major Overwatch comeback — even as Microsoft's Xbox division undergoes sweeping layoffs.
4 outletsBusinessid Software Developer Says Xbox Layoffs Have Cut Studio in Half, Questions Whether It Can Still Make Games Like Doom
Chris Hays, a 16-year veteran and lead services programmer at id Software, has publicly criticized Xbox following mass layoffs that hit the Doom studio, saying Microsoft doesn't understand art, games, or the business model it operates in.
3 outletsBusinessEA CEO's Pay Jumps to $38.6 Million Amid Record Battlefield 6 Sales — and Layoffs of the Devs Who Made It
A newly filed EA financial report shows CEO Andrew Wilson's total compensation rose to $38,649,984 in fiscal year 2026, driven largely by the success of Battlefield 6 — even as EA laid off developers who worked on the game earlier this year.
4 outletsBusinessXbox Posts Worst Quarterly Revenue Since 2024 as Nadella Offers Rare, Muted Comments on Gaming
Microsoft's Q4 FY2026 earnings showed steep declines in Xbox revenue amid ongoing layoffs, with CEO Satya Nadella offering an unusually vague and subdued outlook, pledging a return to growth only by fiscal 2027.
2 outletsBusinessEA Goes Private in $55 Billion Saudi-Backed Buyout, Fueling Fears of Mass Layoffs
Electronic Arts has officially completed its $55 billion leveraged buyout by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners. The deal, which loads EA with $18 billion in debt, has sparked widespread fears of mass layoffs as the publisher looks to cut $700 million in annual costs.
6 outletsBusinessElectronic Arts Officially Goes Private in $55 Billion Deal, Raising Layoff Fears
After nearly 36 years as a public company, Electronic Arts has completed a $55 billion buyout led by Saudi Arabia's PIF, with Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners also involved. The deal delists EA from Nasdaq, and reports suggest the $18 billion in debt taken on could lead to significant cost cuts and layoffs.
2 outletsGamesQuake Gets 30th-Anniversary Update as id Software Faces Layoffs Under Xbox
MachineGames released a new Quake episode called Dawn of the Machine to mark roughly 30 years since the shooter's debut, adding levels, weapons and archival material even as id Software grapples with recent Xbox layoffs.
2 outletsBusinessDouble Fine Lays Off 23 Staff Weeks After Xbox Spinoff
Psychonauts 2 developer Double Fine has cut 23 employees—about a quarter of its roughly 90-person staff—just weeks after Xbox released it back into independence, with founder Tim Schafer citing the studio's survival as the reason.
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