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2026-08-07 4 stories
- Why Escape from Tarkov’s Lead Designer Left After Nine Years – And What Comes Next
- What devs need to know about localization, ft. Concha Fernandez Alvarez, Aurelie Perrin, and Guido Di Carlo
- Take-Two boss "not in the least" concerned bad press around Rockstar's employment tribunal will affect GTA 6 launch
- Halo Studios Hit by Layoffs After Campaign Evolved Launch [UPDATE]
2026-08-06 2 stories
2026-08-05 4 stories
- Candy Crush maker King has declined staff's collective bargaining agreement 2 sources
- jL Stand-In Period Shows that Team Vitality’s Biggest Threat May Not be Falcons, but Life Itself
- GTA 5 Actor Auditioned for 60 Roles in GTA 6, But Heard Nothing from Rockstar
- "If Quantic Dream wants to destroy jobs, it must pay": French union call strike as they demand extension to layoff negotiations with Star Wars Eclipse studio
2026-08-04 2 stories
2026-08-03 2 stories
2026-08-01 3 stories
- The voice of Shinji in Evangelion says AI voice cloning is 'heartbreaking,' calls for Japanese government to intervene
- The games industry's 'fear of risk is currently the largest risk it faces' according to Nuclear Throne's producer
- Got a spare $10? Net yourself almost 150 games and help support laid off game devs with the game industry hardship fund bundle
2026-07-31 1 story
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2026-07-29 4 stories
- After laying off Battlefield 6 devs, EA boss Andrew Wilson's bonus rose $8m to $38m last year, thanks to the game's success across "all milestones" 7 sources
- Double Fine hit with layoffs after exiting Xbox - "The people we are losing were all important" 6 sources
- Tencent-owned Lightspeed LA is laying off staff
- Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto Has No Plans to Slow Down
2026-07-23 4 stories
- "The smallest severance pay possible" - Bethesda union vows to fight as studio employees reel from "bare minimum" payout following mass Xbox layoffs 3 sources
- Rockstar Games Workers Union say their first meeting with the GTA 6 studio's management was "a step in the right direction"
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Calls AI Doom Talk “Complete Nonsense”
- As layoff controversy continues, Rockstar union has 'more members than ever before', meaning it could force mandatory recognition
2026-07-22 2 stories
2026-07-21 2 stories
2026-07-20 2 stories
2026-07-19 1 story
2026-07-18 1 story
2026-07-17 5 stories
- No, Doom maker id Software hasn't been "nerfed into the ground and gutted" by the Xbox cuts, insists director Hugo Martin 7 sources
- ZA/UM Studios to lay off up to 32 workers two months after releasing Zero Parades: For Dead Spies 4 sources
- Labor unions challenge Xbox, GameStop CEO says physical game sales are 'irrelevant,' and Glen Schofield retires - Patch Notes #61 2 sources
- UKIE: 22% of UK games industry workforce affected by job losses in last three years
- Over 4,500 Google workers have signed a petition calling for layoff protections: 'These layoffs and cuts are not difficult decisions, but simply profit being put over the people that make this company run'
2026-07-16 2 stories
2026-07-15 6 stories
- "I don't know how anyone remaining at Xbox Studios can feel safe" - New report reveals environment of uncertainty and fear, and a "staggering" loss of institutional knowledge 3 sources
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced studio Ubisoft Barcelona goes on three-day strike in protest of layoffs 2 sources
- UK union launches free resource to decode video game writing contracts
- IWGB Game Workers union forms 'redundancy taskforce' to defend workers' rights
- As unionised Microsoft workers rally against Bethesda layoffs, Fallout 4's been filled with protest signs and OneBGS logoed vault suits by modders
- 11 Bit Studios lays off 20 workers as it "adjusts new project teams to current needs"