Sep 3
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Lab Zero Games’ controversial owner Mike “Mike Z” Zaimont fired the studio’s entire staff last week following a…
Aug 28 2019
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Telltale Games is back—well, at least the name is. A group of investors announced plans today to revive the iconic…
Aug 20 2019
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The struggling retail chain GameStop laid off over a hundred employees today, both at its corporate headquarters in…
Aug 1 2019
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On Tuesday, several GameStop employees took to Reddit to report that their regional sales supervisors had been laid…
Mar 26 2019
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The video game publisher Electronic Arts is laying off 350 people in marketing, publishing, and other areas, the…
Feb 21 2019
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ArenaNet, the studio behind the popular online games Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2, informed employees today that it…
Feb 13 2019
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Yesterday, at the exact moment Activision Blizzard chief executive officer Bobby Kotick hopped on a quarterly…
Feb 12 2019
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Publisher Activision Blizzard has begun its long-rumored layoff process, informing employees this afternoon that it…
Feb 9 2019
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Staff at the game publisher Activision-Blizzard are preparing for big layoffs next week, waiting to see who will be…
Oct 4 2018
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After Telltale laid off roughly 90% of its staff on September 21, the studio said the remaining 25 employees would…
Sep 24 2018
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Telltale Games employees were surprised when CEO Pete Hawley announced the closure of the company at a staff-wide…
Sep 21 2018
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Telltale Games, makers of The Walking Dead adventure games and several other episodic series, laid off many of its…
Sep 6 2018
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Carbine Studios, the developer of the massively multiplayer online game WildStar, is shutting down, Kotaku has…
Feb 15 2018
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Mafia III developer Hangar 13 laid off a significant number of staff today, in yet another example of the video game…
Oct 30 2017
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In 2013, Eve Online developer CCP Games introduced Eve: Valkyrie, one of the current crop of virtual reality…
Feb 10 2017
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Activision Publishing laid off a number of employees across several companies this week, Kotaku has learned. The…
Jul 7 2016
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Turbine, the Boston-based studio behind games like Lord of the Rings Online, laid off a significant number of people today. “Turbine is transitioning into a free-to-play, mobile development studio, and as a result we are eliminating some positions,” said parent company Warner Bros. in a statement. “The Lord of the… Read more
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Mar 30 2016
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Nintendo confirmed to South Korean news site Gameple that they are not planning to pull out of the local market, and that the recent layoffs at their Korean branch were due to a restructuring decision made because of “the current business environment.” More details here.
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Mar 21 2016
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Scribblenauts developer 5th Cell laid off 45 employees today, following layoffs last week, the studio told me. Contrary to tweets, creative director Jeremiah Slaczka said they’re not shutting down. Latest layoffs are due to WB cancelling a Scribblenauts mobile game. Remaining staff is “tiny,” said Slaczka.
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Feb 9 2016
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Motiga, the developers behind cute-as-heck MOBA Gigantic, have announced “significant, temporary studio layoffs.” The company claims it’s in discussions with “promising investors,” but the money hasn’t come through yet. That doesn’t sound very good. Gigantic is still in a closed beta.
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