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Auroch Digital Opens Redundancy Talks for a Quarter of Roles Between Two Warhammer Launches
Auroch Digital has begun a redundancy consultation affecting around a quarter of its roles, twelve days after Boltgun 2 shipped and two weeks before Warhammer Survivors launches.
Funcom Layoffs Explained: Dune: Awakening's Biggest Success Comes With a Restructuring
What Funcom Actually Announced Funcom has entered a formal restructuring that will reduce the size of its organization. The company declined to state how many employees will be affected until the...
Xbox's Restructuring Isn't Over: Reportedly Three More Layoff Waves Planned Through January
When Matt Booty addressed Xbox staff on September 22, the message in his "Continuing Our Reset" memo was one of nearing the finish line. The actions taken since July, he wrote, had brought the...
Ubisoft Closes Trials Studio RedLynx and Cuts 70 Jobs at Black Flag Resynced Developer
A Hit Game Didn't Save Them: Ubisoft Proposes Closing Trials Developer RedLynx, Cuts 70 Jobs at Black Flag Resynced Studio Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced sold 3.5 million copies in its first...
Xbox's Second Wave of Layoffs Begins: Inside the Studio Restructuring Reshaping Microsoft's Gaming Division
What Is Actually Happening in the Second Wave The most important thing to understand is scope. The approximately 3,200-role reduction Sharma announced spans fiscal year 2027, with 1,600 immediate...
Heart Machine Layoffs: Hyper Light Drifter Studio Loses "Nearly Everyone" After Publisher Cancels Unannounced Game
Heart Machine Lays Off "Nearly Everyone" After Publisher Cancels Unannounced Game On September 16, 2026, Alx Preston took to LinkedIn to deliver news that many in the independent game development...
Build a Rocket Boy Reportedly Closing: What We Know About MindsEye Studio's Collapse
This article relies on reporting from Kotaku and IGN, employee statements, and public filings. Build a Rocket Boy has not responded to requests for comment. On September 16, 2026, the news did not...
Netflix Closed Oxenfree's Studio Six Weeks After Calling Its Last Game a Hit
In late June 2026, Netflix had reason to feel good about its games business. On an earnings call, the company singled out Unhinged , an interactive horror experience from Night School Studio, as one of its "most successful cloud game debuts." About a month later, Netflix closed the studio that...
Double Fine Layoffs: What the Reported Cuts Mean for the Newly Independent Studio
Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Psychonauts and Grim Fandango , reportedly conducted layoffs in late July 2026. The news lands just weeks after the studio proudly announced its return to...
Double Fine’s Independence Cost: 23 Laid Off Just Weeks After Xbox Exit
On July 6, 2026, Double Fine Productions was given a new lease on life. As part of a historic restructuring that rocked the entire Xbox organization, the beloved studio behind Psychonauts 2 was one...