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"Small number of roles" face potential redundancies at Splash Damage
UK studio tells GamesIndustry.biz roles at risk are mostly in operations, with development largely unaffected
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Kotaku Australia to shut down
Licence holder Pedestrian Group to re-focus on own brands, also drops Vice and Gizmodo in the country, dozens laid off
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Network N lays off eight from games marketing agency Project N
Cuts come as company focuses on "a smaller set of services" leading with video
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Surgent Studios cuts jobs months after launch of debut title Tales of Kenzera: Zau
UPDATE: Studio confirms "just over a dozen people" have been affected
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BeReal hit with layoffs following Voodoo acquisition
28 employees have been let go from the social media app
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Gamurs Group reportedly lays off unknown number of staff
Affected teams seem to include Destructoid, Dot Esports and PC Invasion
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After Microsoft shut down Tango Gameworks, we look at the reasons why Japan has otherwise been sheltered (but not immune) to many of the layoffs and trends seen further afield
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Ubisoft Toronto affected by layoffs
Reorganisation within studio has resulted in 33 redundancies
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Report: Layoffs at Chinese developer Perfect World
Thousands could be affected at the company's offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu
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Second Wave studio Challengers Games shuts down
Korean developer currently under investigation by the Ministry of Labor and Employment as it amassed millions in debts
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Report: Embracer shutters Alone in the Dark dev Pieces Interactive
The reimagining of the 1992 survival horror title released just last March and didn't meet sales expectations
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Galvanic Games closing down
Sales of recent title Wizard with a Gun not "strong enough to sustain studio"
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CWA files Unfair Labor Practice charges against Microsoft supplier Lionbridge
Former employee accuses third party QA firm used by Activision of violating rights of coworkers
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Behaviour to lay off up to 95 employees
The vast majority of the layoffs are to impact the firm's Montreal studio
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Avalanche closing Montreal and New York offices
50 employees have been let go across both studios
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PlayStation's London Studio shuts down after over 20 years
The developer's closure comes months after Sony announced global layoffs
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Zelnick on Roll7 and Intercept Games: "We didn't shutter those studios"
Update: Take-Two says "entire organisation contributed to cost reduction efforts" after CEO claims firm hasn't "shuttered anything"
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Singularity 6 laying off 36 staff
The news comes a month after a third of the Palia studio was let go
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Phoenix Labs hit by another round of layoffs
Studio has entered a period of restructuring, over 140 workers affected according to former employee
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Report: Square Enix to lay off workers in European and American divisions
Company announced plans to "rebuild its overseas business divisions" in financial earnings