layoffs
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Activision Blizzard Lays Off Hundreds Of Employees
Publisher Activision Blizzard has begun its long-rumoured layoff process, informing employees this afternoon that it will be cutting staff. On an earnings call this morning, the company said that it would be eliminating 8% of its staff. In 2018, Activision Blizzard had roughly 9,600 employees, meaning nearly 800 people are now out of work.
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Telltale Employees Left Stunned By Company Closure, No Severance
Telltale Games employees were surprised when CEO Pete Hawley announced the closure of the company at a staff-wide meeting. One employee, a source told Kotaku, had been working until 3:00AM the night before with no inkling that the studio was about to let them and over 200 other employees go, leaving behind a skeleton crew…
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Big Layoffs Hit Mafia III Developer Hangar 13
Mafia III Mafia III developer Hangar 13 laid off a significant number of staff today, in yet another example of the video game industry’s brutal churn.
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Gigantic Developers Announce ‘Significant, Temporary’ Layoffs
Gigantic has been looking gorgeous, but that hasn’t translated into financial security for its developer Motiga. The company announced this morning a temporary round of redundancies, going as far to label them as “significant”.