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Immortals of Aveum developer Ascendant Studios lays off almost half its staff
Ascendant Studios, the developer behind first-person-shooter-but-with-magic title Immortals of Aveum, is laying off nearly half of its team only a few weeks after releasing the game. Reports suggest that it hasn't sold well.
Kris Holt09.15.2023
Roku lays off 300 workers and removes streaming content to save money
Roku looks to be seriously tightening its pursestrings. The company’s laying off a full ten percent of its workforce, over 300 employees, in addition to a number of other cost-cutting measures. These job cuts are just the beginning, as Roku’s also removing streaming content, consolidating office space and reducing outside service expenses. The goal here is a major reduction in the year-over-year operating expense growth rate.
Lawrence Bonk09.06.2023
BioWare cuts around 50 jobs to become a 'more agile and focused studio'
Mass Effect and Dragon Age studio BioWare is eliminating approximately 50 positions as parent Electronic Arts attempts to turn it into a "more agile and focused studio." The reorganization was “unavoidable,” according to BioWare general manager George McKay, as it was carried out to meet the studio's evolving needs.
Kris Holt08.23.2023
Google contract workers accuse Alphabet and Accenture of violating labor laws
The Alphabet Workers Union has filed a complaint against Alphabet and Accenture with the National Labor Relations Board alleging retaliatory layoffs in violation of labor laws,
Steve Dent08.04.2023
Layoffs hit Google Help contractors who unionized last month
Around 80 Google Help subcontractors who recently voted to unionize with the Alphabet Workers Union-Communications Workers of America (AWU-CWA) found out last week that they will be laid off. The group began a hearing this week with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regarding the complex issue of joint employment for contractors. “It really stinks of retaliation,” Casey Padron, a general writer on the team scheduled to lose her job in August, told Engadget today.
Will Shanklin07.13.2023
Evernote is relocating to Europe after laying off most of its US workforce
Evernote has axed most of its workforce, sparking fears of a potential shutdown.
Igor Bonifacic07.09.2023
‘Pokémon Go’ developer Niantic is laying off 230 employees
Niantic is joining the long list of companies laying off employees. The studio published an “organizational update” (after the internal memo was leaked to Kotaku) announcing that it would let go of 230 employees. In addition, the company is shutting down its Los Angeles studio and canceling two licensed games: NBA All-World and Marvel: World of Heroes. The only good news for fans is that Pokémon Go, still its flagship product, will live to fight another day.
Will Shanklin06.29.2023
Sonos lays off 7 percent of its workforce
Sonos is cutting about 130 jobs as it deals with a tough competitive landscape.
Jon Fingas06.14.2023
Grubhub lays off 15 percent of its employees
Grubhub has announced that it will be laying off 15 percent of its corporate workforce today. It's unclear if the company will be offering any sort of compensation or severance pay.
Peter Cao06.12.2023
Reddit is reportedly cutting 5 percent of its workforce
Reddit is going through a restructuring, and according to an email by company chief Steve Huffman as seen by The Wall Street Journal, one of the moves it's going to make is laying off 90 employees.
Mariella Moon06.07.2023
Spotify is laying off 200 employees from its podcast division
Spotify is cutting 200 jobs as it narrows the focus of its podcast team.
Jon Fingas06.05.2023
Meta is laying off employees for the third time in less than three months
Meta has started another round of layoffs amid the company’s “year of efficiency.”
Karissa Bell05.24.2023
Soundcloud will lay off eight percent of its staff in hopes of becoming profitable
It's the latest in the ongoing march of tech layoffs.
Sean Buckley05.23.2023
LinkedIn is laying off 716 staff and closing its job search app in China
LinkedIn is the latest notable tech company to announce a round of mass layoffs. The company is letting 716 staff go and shutting down its job search app in China. LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky said in a memo to employees that the cuts were part of a shift in strategy that was driven by changes in customer behavior and slower revenue growth.
Kris Holt05.09.2023
Unity cuts 8 percent of its workforce in latest round of layoffs
On Tuesday, Unity said it would let go of approximately 600 employees or about eight percent of its global workforce.
Igor Bonifacic05.03.2023
Lyft is laying off 26 percent of employees
Lyft is cutting 1,072 jobs, or more than a quarter of its workforce.
Jon Fingas04.27.2023
Meta begins its latest round of layoffs
Meta has started the layoffs of 10,000 people announced in March.
Jon Fingas04.19.2023
Amazon lays off more than 100 employees across its gaming divisions
Amazon has laid off about 100 staffers in its gaming divisions, including its San Diego studio.
Jon Fingas04.04.2023
Virgin Orbit officially shutters its space launch operations
Weeks after implementing a company-wide furlough, struggling space launch company Virgin Orbit officially calls it quits.
Andrew Tarantola03.30.2023
Roku will lay off another 200 workers
Roku is laying off another 200 staff as it struggles to revive growth.
Jon Fingas03.30.2023