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"The company said it was “working with all employees, on a case by case basis, to find the best way to handle their situation"

Over half of the companies staff laid off

‘While we are making several large investments in a new slate of games in multiple locations, we must also be mindful of costs'

Up to 18 staff laid off as result of latest cut

‘By deliberately not participating in the ‘culture of sales’, at least for a while, you risk losing out on revenue and visibility that those sales could have generated’

‘Significant’ measures affecting a fifth of staff counterbalanced by 13 per cent sales growth

60 jobs have been cut from Microsoft’s HoloLens team in Isreal, the company has confirmed. Techcrunchreports 30 full-time staff and 30 contractors are out of the job this week based on the decision to "wind down work" on HoloLens in the country, and to switch development focus to a "different …

The Finnish studio behind mobile hit Angry Birds has let 213 staff go in a new round of job losses. Rovio’s latest batch of cuts began with discussions in August, with original estimates suggesting up to 260 employees could be lost in light of an ongoing restructuring process. The 213 …

Platform holder moving QA and localisation to outsourcing model

Layoffs have this morning affected staff across a number of SCE’s European studios. Videogamer reports that Evolution Studios, Guerrilla Cambridge and SCE London Studio have all bit hit, although exact numbers remain unknown. "Regular reviews take place throughout SCE Worldwide Studios, ensuring that the resources that we have in such …