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2026-06-11 4 stories
- Xbox reportedly preparing for "significant" lay-offs, as Asha Sharma's big "reset" plan comes into full force 8 sources
- Ubisoft is reportedly closing two studios and restructuring another, with around 380 people expected to be laid off 2 sources
- Independent game publications revive bundles in defiance of 'cut-throat competitive market'
- "The crisis is the right term": Xbox strategy chief says memory shortages will impact next-gen and Project Helix, but Microsoft will work to adapt
2026-06-10 7 stories
- Ubisoft closing Winnipeg and Belgrade studios and making further layoffs 11 sources
- Xbox reportedly planning more layoffs as "CEO calls for "Xbox reset" 10 sources
- Yet more layoffs reported at Ubisoft, this time in San Francisco 2 sources
- Xbox CEO unsure whether Activision Blizzard merger is paying off 2 sources
- Xbox speedruns 'we're so back' to 'it's so over' pipeline at a speed previously thought impossible
- Pathfinder creators Paizo have $10 million of inventory stuck in a warehouse somewhere because of Diamond Comics, forcing it to lay off staff
- After a 'corporate mandate' demanded they help with Call of Duty, Toys for Bob studio head says it took 'many mini miracles' to buy their independence from Activision
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- Three years later, that 'dark' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin game gets a first trailer, and it's being created by Bayonetta studio Platinum Games 7 sources
- Merge Mansion dev Metacore lays off 159 employees, closes studios in Germany and Sweden 2 sources
- VR developer Vertigo Games shutters Amsterdam studio
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2026-05-22 8 stories
- Bungie reportedly eyeing up "significant" layoffs, no plans for Destiny 3: what happens after Destiny 2's final update in June? 8 sources
- Destiny 2 Is Ending Just As Its Story Started To Get Good 4 sources
- Former Bungie dev says 'you'd be surprised how many times' expansions were pitched for a fan-favorite Destiny archvillain who's now left hanging 2 sources
- Ubisoft has staff for '70 Warhorse-sized studios' after cuts, says Kingdom Come director—'That could be 10 KCD2-sized games… released every year'
- Last Flag studio lays off half its employees as it puts 'the future of the game in the hands of our players'
- Fallout lead Tim Cain argues games industry crisis hasn't reached the level of the 1983 crash: 'I don't think there's ever been a worse time in the games industry'
- Destiny Players Review Bomb Marathon Only to Be Met With Countercampaign from Bungie Fans
- 3 years on from laying off over 1,000 people, Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast are sending daily emails and physical letters encouraging the survivors to not unionise
2026-05-21 5 stories
- Destiny 2's active development will end in June 8 sources
- Bungie Is Reportedly Planning 'Significant' Layoffs, Destiny 3 Not in the Works 5 sources
- Quantic Dream cutting jobs after scrapping Spellcasters Chronicles 2 sources
- Destiny 2 Fans React to Bungie Ending Support for the Game 2 sources
- Update: Last Flag dev Night Street Games lays off 'about a dozen' staff