Video Game Industry Layoffs 2024. An endemic crunch mentality, exploitation, work intensification. In the first six weeks of 2024, the industry has announced more than 6,000 job cuts, according to a kotaku tally — already outpacing a brutal layoff year in 2023.
Rather than sweep the uncomfortable subject of the thousands of layoffs that have hit the video game industry recently under the rug, gdc leadership has. Microsoft laid off 1,900 staff after its $69bn purchase of activision blizzard.
In Just The First Two Months Of 2024, The Games Industry Saw At Least 8,100 People Laid Off, According To A Running Tally Of Announcementskept By A Developerat Riot.
That follows more than 10,000 cuts in.
Ea Laid Off Around 800 Employees In 2023.
The video game industry continues to be hit with layoffs.
I Mean, Just This Year At Least 6,000 Layoffs Have Been Announced.
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And with 5,900 reported layoffs in january alone, 2024 will likely surpass the previous year’s numbers.
As Many Observers Have Pointed Out, The Industry Is Already Halfway To 2023'S Total Layoffs Just One Month Into 2024.
However, today’s news that microsoft is laying off 1,900 staff from its video game division means that when the list is next updated, it will total at least 5,670 layoffs.
Over 3,000 Game Industry Professionals Weighed In On This Year's State Of.
