Bungie isn't immediately making Destiny 3, is planning layoffs, reports Bloomberg
… There will be layoffs at the company, Bloomberg reports. …
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MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy lays off even more people
… I've reached out to Build a Rocket Boy for comment on the reported layoffs and will update if I receive a reply. …
Epic devs discuss the shock of mass layoffs: 'We only had a slight hint that the company revenue wasn't doing well'
… I asked Epic whether there were additional rounds of layoffs in the six-to-nine months before March's announcement—Epic's Munoz said: "We did not conduct layoffs in the fall." It's easy to think of Epic as a monolith but both developers discuss the camaraderie within their smaller team. …
Xbox is reportedly closing South of Midnight studio Compulsion Games after bragging about its award-winning developers earlier this year
… A Bloomberg report last week said major layoffs were going to be a part of that overhaul, in numbers that all but guaranteed at least one studio closure. …
Former Elder Scrolls Online boss describes Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin closing as a turning point at Xbox: 'I know where this is going'
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Former Elder Scrolls Online boss was told in 2001 that 'There's already enough MMOs out there, no one is ever gonna play a new one'
… No guarantee, but every game that has been successful has pretty much followed that model." I'd like to share Firor's optimism about the cyclical nature of such layoffs, particularly since he lived through them himself, and he draws a compelling parallel between the "saturation point" idea expresse… …
It just keeps getting worse—Microsoft reportedly already had Ninja Theory in its crosshairs while pushing the announcement trailer for its next game
… According to an anonymous source speaking with journalist Stephen Totilo's Game File , Microsoft had already planned to part ways with Ninja Theory before the trailer dropped. "By the time that game was revealed, Microsoft had already planned to sunset or split with the studio. …
Xbox Game Studios head and chief of staff step down as 'Xbox reset' looms
… The news comes as Xbox's new leaders, Asha Sharma and Matt Booty—who took over after Phil Spencer retired earlier this year—begin to implement an ominous-sounding "Xbox reset." In an open letter last week, Sharma and Booty said that Xbox's studio acquisitions have left it "over extended," and Bloom… …
Xbox speedruns 'we're so back' to 'it's so over' pipeline at a speed previously thought impossible
… Next month it will be time for Asha's first big layoffs . …
No, China hasn't made it illegal to fire humans and replace them with AI—but yes it's made it much more expensive for companies to do so
… This decision also has to be viewed in the context of a country which has a population of 1.41 billion and an economy that is in the middle of a notable slowdown: it can ill-afford a bunch of bots suddenly being used as justification for mass layoffs. …