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Embracer Group made multiple layoffs, game cancellations, and studio closures between August 2023 and March 2024 after its $2 billion deal with Saudi Public Investment Fund fell apart. The company reportedly reduced its headcount by 7,761, closed or divested 44 internal and external studios, and decreased the number of game projects by 80.
Mobile gaming revenue growth fell 15% in 2021, then dropped to -3.3% in 2022 and -3.1% in 2023. PC and Mac game sales climbed again in 2021 by 8.7%, but growth collapsed by 1.4% in 2022 before a ...
It seems the 2024 layoffs may be a continuation of layoffs in 2023. It depends on how sources describe it, but it may be worth expanding the scope to extend from 2023-2024 if sources consider it one event. Game industry layoffs may be a part of broader tech sector layoffs. I read some articles that described it as such. Consider exploring that ...
Microsoft to layoff 1,900 workers. Microsoft announced plans to lay off 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox on Jan. 25.. The layoffs represent about an 8% cut of its video gaming staff ...
Embracer Group divested Saber Interactive and a portion of its studios to a private firm for $249 million. [27] [28] 18–22 The 2024 Game Developers Conference was held in San Francisco. [29] 28 Relic Entertainment was sold by Sega to an unspecified investor. 240 employees were laid off across multiple Sega Europe studios. [30] [31] April 9
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (NASDAQ:TTWO), the maker of the Grand Theft Auto franchise, plans to close two subsidiaries, Roll7 and Intercept Games, as part of mass layoffs. Roll7, based in ...
The gaming group also snapped up comics publisher Dark Horse for an undisclosed amount in Dec. 2021, Anime Limited in Oct. 2022, a number of assets – including rights to the “Tomb Raider ...
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