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2026-07-14 5 stories
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced crosses 2 million in sales as studio strikes over proposed layoffs 6 sources
- Users flock to Xbox Player Voice portal to ask for an end to cycle of layoffs 2 sources
- Paramount confirms Mike Zaimont is employed by Avatar Legends dev 2 sources
- King escapes Xbox cuts – for now
- id Software producer says 'you'll never get another WoW or Morrowind in the current climate' in the wake of Xbox layoffs
2026-07-13 8 stories
- 'A kick in the teeth:' Game workers protest alleged misconduct at MindsEye developer Build A Rocket Boy 4 sources
- Outer Worlds 2 Director Reacts To Mass Layoffs At Xbox And Dispels “Misinformation” 2 sources
- Thousands of Xbox Players Demand an End to Layoffs, Studio Closures on Microsoft's Own Fan Feedback Website
- The Alters and Frostpunk developer 11 Bit Studios is laying off 20 employees
- Koei Tecmo CEO says it grew from 2,500 staff to over 3,000 in two years, is aiming for 5,000
- Jobs digest: moves and promotions at Sega-Rovio, Scopely, Supercell, King, Kwalee and more
- Cousin, Where’s The GTA 4 Remaster? Roman Bellic Actor Wants Answers
- "I was verbally blasted by Pierre." Xbox and Halo Studios' Pierre Hintze has reportedly 'repeatedly' been referred to HR. Is he the right person to lead Halo?
2026-07-11 1 story
2026-07-10 8 stories
- Id claims it has "the crew we need to build the games and tech we're known for" following mass layoffs 10 sources
- "We mean business" - Bethesda union members to march in protest of sweeping Xbox job cuts 7 sources
- Obsidian Reportedly Still Working on Avowed 2 After Cancellation 4 sources
- Xbox leader Asha Sharma has joined a US government task force for employment, days after announcing restructuring that has left thousands of people without jobs 3 sources
- Microsoft Refutes Notion That Foreign-Worker Visas Were Behind Mass Xbox Layoffs 2 sources
- Xbox After The Layoffs: Studios Left And What They’re Making
- Dear Magical Girls combines a tale of burnout with a tactical defence puzzle in which you shape and reshape a field of sorcery
- 'Staff Are Being Asked to Do More with Less': Brutal Xbox Layoffs Leave Those Spared in Limbo
2026-07-09 8 stories
- Even The Elder Scrolls 6 is affected by Xbox layoffs, say Bethesda employees, as "key" people are let go and morale bottoms out 8 sources
- Asha Sharma joins Federal Reserve advisory task force days after laying off thousands at Xbox 5 sources
- Doom and Quake studio id Software reportedly gutted, leaving standalone capabilities in doubt and newly revealed game ideas dead 4 sources
- Microsoft filing shows total ZeniMax layoffs at 379, with over half coming from Elder Scrolls Online studio that's lost at least 60% of its staff in the past year 3 sources
- You can now enter the 2026 UK GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards
- Laid-Off MindsEye Developers Plan Protest Outside Company Office Over 'All-Expenses-Paid Playtest Day'
- Bethesda Union calls for fans to voice their concerns regarding the recent Xbox job cuts at Bethesda, and they aren't sugar-coating their opinions
- A risk-averse video game industry is failing marginalized developers
2026-07-08 7 stories
- XBOX Layoffs See 136 People Let Go At ID Software 7 sources
- Workers at MindsEye studio protesting controversial fan event this weekend after multiple rounds of layoffs 3 sources
- Former Destiny 2 and Marathon director settles $200 million lawsuit against Sony and Bungie: 'The outcome is one I am very satisfied with' 2 sources
- 'Used, abused, and discarded:' CWA Canada slams Microsoft over handling of Bethesda layoffs 2 sources
- Xbox's Bethesda layoffs include the artist responsible for designing Skyrim's khajiit and argonians, who had been at the company for 27 years
- Demon Slayer's producer Aniplex is open to the use of AI to contribute to the creative process
- Bethesda union says company HR forced staff to remove a display honoring their laid-off colleagues
2026-07-07 5 stories
- Latest Xbox layoffs hit id Software as Doom: The Dark Ages' DLC launches, around half of the staff potentially cut 15 sources
- The Outer Worlds and Fallout New Vegas studio Obsidian is reportedly losing a quarter of its staff in Xbox layoffs 4 sources
- Xbox Layoffs Included 37-Year Veteran Who Designed One Of Xbox’s Best Features Ever 2 sources
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance star says it didn't lead to work in other games: 'The industry at large has never really given a f***'
- As layoffs continue to ravage the games industry, a union across North America establishes a fund to help those impacted by it
2026-07-06 6 stories
- Microsoft announces 3200 layoffs and four studio departures in "most significant" Xbox restructuring in history 24 sources
- Xbox layoffs: jobs lost at Bethesda, more reported at id Software 14 sources
- Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wants the company to "entertain more than a billion people" every day: here's why that's a deeply unrealistic thing to say 8 sources
- Report: Obsidian losing around one quarter of its staff to 'Xbox reset' 4 sources
- Xbox Layoffs “Heavily Impact” The Accessibility Team, Too
- AI 'actor' Tilly Norwood to star in a feature film after SAG-AFTRA backlash