Mafia III Developer Hangar 18 Hit With Layoffs
The layoffs are reported to encompass a “large proportion” of Hangar 18’s staff.
READ MORE >Dead Rising Developers Hit By Massive Layoffs at Capcom Vancouver
It's not the last nail in the coffin for the long-running franchise, but don't expect the next title in the Dead Rising series to take on a broader scope.
READ MORE >"I really disliked the direction the series took after Dead Rising 2. The lack of a time ..."
see all 12 commentsMicrosoft to Cut 3,000 Jobs, Mostly From Sales Team
The software giant is trying to boost its Azure cloud services to compete with Amazon and Google.
READ MORE >"How many additional roles did you receive with no wage increase?"
see all 9 commentsHitman Developer IO announces Layoffs
The move comes not long after Square Enix dropped the company and the franchise to focus on other studios.
READ MORE >"Imperator used to worked there, but I think he left for greener pastures a while ago. "
see all 5 commentsUbisoft closing its Casablanca mobile games studio
If you have a game the dev team made, play it again in memory.
READ MORE >Sega lays off 300 employees as part of restructuring effort
Sega has announced it will be laying off 300 employees as the company goes through a restructure.
READ MORE >"It did. This layoff is mostly Sega of America. The rest of Sega, such as Japan, Europe, Creative ..."
see all 4 commentsWildstar Dev, Carbine Studios, Faces Layoffs
Wildstar developer Carbine Studios is reportedly facign a round of layoffs today, and up to 60 employees may be affected.
READ MORE >Harmonix lays off 37, replaces CEO in restructuring
Harmonix has gone through recent layoffs, and restructured a bit as a result.
READ MORE >"..in the Boston area, I should say. There's still an indie development gathering, though."
see all 3 commentsIrrational Games restructuring, all but 15 members leaving
BioShock series creator Ken Levine is closing the doors to Irrational Games and will take an unspecified new role with Take-Two. Most of the remainder of Irrational's staff will be laid off.
READ MORE >"Interested to see what this next "narrative-driven" game that is highly replayable will be. I ..."
see all 56 commentsSpicy Horse downsized after Akaneiro lost $1.7 million
American McGee's Spicy Horse has downsized its Shanghai studio due to the Akaneiro: Demon Hunters failing quite massively. McGee revealed that Spicy Horse has spent about $2 million in total making the free-to-play action-RPG, which first launched at the end of January 2013,...
READ MORE >"American's McGee's Spicy Horse sounds like a great name for hot sauce."
see all 17 commentsMafia dev hit with layoffs as 2K shuffles staff
2K is shaking things up at 2K Czech, creator of the Mafia series. The publisher is closing 2K Czech's Prague office, shifting some people over to the one in Brno, bringing some over to 2K headquarters in California, and some, well, they're just plumb out of a job. What exact...
READ MORE >"Hidden & Dangerous games should be brought to GOG and Steam. Great games, though the ..."
see all 6 commentsToki Tori dev cut back to two members in 'reboot'
"Turns out we aren't as good at selling games as we thought!" Dutch studio Two Tribes has earnestly stated, boldly declaring "It's time for a radical change!" The developer behind games including Toki Tori and Edge has laid off all but two members--its two co-founders--and i...
READ MORE >"Have all their games in Steam and Rush on Wii U. Really great developer, shame they had to ..."
see all 8 commentsCommand & Conquer ceases production, Victory Games shut down
Command & Conquer has closed its alpha test and ceased production on the game in its current state. The announcement comes on the heels of rumors that Victory Games, formerly known as BioWare Victory, has been shut down.
READ MORE >"They should've paid me a million dollars to tell them this when Generals 2 was axed."
see all 75 commentsCapcom hit with layoffs, including senior VP Christian Svensson
Capcom senior VP Christian Svensson says he has left the company voluntarily, as part of a reorganization at the company that resulted in other job losses as well.
READ MORE >"Oh. Well, at that point, Capcom's involvement seems to be IP ownership, and maybe testing. ..."
see all 8 commentsZynga layoffs at OMGPOP no surprise, ex-staffer says
The reports of OMGPOP's closure as part of a massive layoffs at Zynga are apparently true, but one former employee said the end was not a surprise, and was met with no sadness.
READ MORE >"Ah, a heartwarming story of two businesses built on stolen ideas coming together, milking each ..."
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"Crazy it sold 5,000,000+ copies and they didn't even last to make a 2nd game "
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