How many people has the games industry laid off in 2024?
more than
8,270
January
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Archiact lets go of ‘a number’ of staff [source]
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Unity Software to cut roughly 1,800 jobs in ‘company reset’ [source]
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Twitch to cut 500 employees, about 35% of staff [source]
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Behaviour Interactive lays off around 45 people [source]
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Playtika cutting 300-400 jobs in new round of layoffs [source]
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Discord is laying off 170 employees, 17% of staff [source]
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PTW (formerly Pole To Win) lays off 45 staff across global teams [source]
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Lost Boys Interactive lays off ‘approximately 125’ employees [source] [source]
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Funselektor lays off 3 developers [source]
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Netspeak Games making ‘approximately 25’ roles redundant [source]
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Thunderful Group restructuring to cut about 100 employees, 20% of its workforce [source]
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Pixelberry Studios has laid off 120 employees [source] [source]
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Wimo Games shuts down, laying off all 35 employees [source]
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CI Games lays off ‘approximately 10%’ of staff [source]
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31st Union lays off ‘small number’ of staff [source]
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Com2uS lays off ‘a two-digit number’ of employees [source]
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NCSoft axes subsidiary Ntreev Soft, laying off all 70 employees [source]
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Netmarble subsidiary Metaverse World lays off about 70 people [source]
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Riot Games eliminates ‘about 530’ roles, ~11% of workforce [source]
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One Player Mission closes, laying off all 15 employees [source]
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People Can Fly lays off more than 30 employees [source]
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Black Forest Games lays off roughly 50 people, ~50% of workforce [source]
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Microsoft lays off 1,900 staff from its video game workforce [source]
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Reikon Games lays off about 60-70 people, around 80% of staff [source]
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Little Red Dog Games closes its doors, laying off all 27 staff [source]
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Eidos-Montréal hit by Embracer restructuring, letting go of 97 staff [source]
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Chief Rebel lays off around 21 people [source]
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Sega of America to lay off 61 employees [source]
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Nimble Giant Entertainment lays off roughly 30 people [source]
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Artificer lays off 28 people [source]
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Airship Syndicate lays off 12 people [source]
February
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Threaks shuts down, lays off entire staff of 25 people [source]
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Crop Circle Games allegedly furloughs around 50 staff [source] [source]
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Threshold Games closes its doors, laying off all 11 staff [source]
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91Act lays off entire studio — besides founder and CEO — around 60 people [source] [source]
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Visual Concepts Austin lays off around 9 people [source]
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Hidden Path Entertainment lays off 44 people [source]
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Daybreak Games hit by layoffs, an unknown number impacted [source]
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Scopely downsizes projects, approximately 15 staff “may not find mutual role fits” [source]
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ZA/UM to lay off around 24 employees, around a quarter of staff [source]
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Build a Rocket Boy lays off an unknown number of staff globally [source]
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Disruptive Games lays off an unknown number of staff [source]
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Gameloft is laying off at least 38 staff in Ukraine and Canada [source]
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Electronic Arts cutting “small number” of staff as it sunsets two mobile games [source]
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Supermassive Games set to lay off roughly 90 workers [source] [source]
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Die Gute Fabrik halts production due to lack of funding, 10 staff looking for new roles [source]
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Sony Interactive Entertainment lays off about 900 people, 8% of global staff [source]
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Deck Nine Games lays off around 30 people, around 20% of total workforce [source] [source]
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Electronic Arts cutting around 670 roles, around 5% of workforce [source]
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