Guild Wars 2 Developer ArenaNet Plans For Mass Layoffs
ArenaNet, the studio behind the popular online games Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2, informed employees today that it is…
The Fallout Of Activision Blizzard’s Massive Layoffs
Yesterday, at the exact moment Activision Blizzard chief executive officer Bobby Kotick hopped on a quarterly earnings…
Activision Blizzard Lays Off Hundreds Of Employees
Publisher Activision Blizzard has begun its long-rumored layoff process, informing employees this afternoon that it…
Activision-Blizzard Employees Brace For Massive Layoffs
Staff at the game publisher Activision-Blizzard are preparing for big layoffs next week, waiting to see who will be one…
More Telltale Employees Laid Off As Studio Continues Its Collapse
After Telltale laid off roughly 90% of its staff on September 21, the studio said the remaining 25 employees would…
Telltale Employees Left Stunned By Company Closure, No Severance [Update]
Telltale Games employees were surprised when CEO Pete Hawley announced the closure of the company at a staff-wide…
Telltale Games Begins 'Majority Studio Closure'
Telltale Games, makers of The Walking Dead adventure games and several other episodic series, laid off many of its…
WildStar Developer Carbine Studios Shuts Down
Carbine Studios, the developer of the massively multiplayer online game WildStar, is shutting down, Kotaku has learned.…
Big Layoffs Hit Mafia III Developer Hangar 13
Mafia III developer Hangar 13 laid off a significant number of staff today, in yet another example of the video game…
Eve Developer CCP Stops Making VR Games, Drops Two Studios
In 2013, Eve Online developer CCP Games introduced Eve: Valkyrie, one of the current crop of virtual reality hardware’s…
Activision Has Big Layoffs Despite Surpassing Financial Targets
Activision Publishing laid off a number of employees across several companies this week, Kotaku has learned. The…
Nintendo confirmed to South Korean news site Gameple that they are not planning to pull out of the local market, and…
Scribblenauts developer 5th Cell laid off 45 employees today, following layoffs last week, the studio told me. Contrary…
Motiga, the developers behind cute-as-heck MOBA Gigantic, have announced “significant, temporary studio layoffs.” The…
Sources: Game Studio Red 5 Misses Payroll On Christmas [UPDATE]
Video game development studio Red 5, best known as the company behind the online game Firefall, missed payroll last…
About half of the studio behind Driveclub are getting laid off, according to Eurogamer. Created by veteran developers…
The Pizza Party Where Everyone Got Fired
Yesterday, the game development studio Daybreak went through massive layoffs, culling a large number of jobs in order…
Sega is firing some 300 people in their publishing division as they continue to shift away from consoles to focus more…
Waiting Five Hours To Get Fired In Five Minutes
Today we've got another batch of stories from people who have been affected by the never-ending cycle of layoffs that…