Tag Archives: layoffs

Publisher 'streamlining operations' as it sharpens focus on next-gen and mobile

Third such measure in three years for Vancouver studio

Job losses come as Activision looks to 'better align' development talent against release slate

Second round of layoffs in four months at US studio

Activision has reported redundancies at Deadpool developer High Moon Studios. The publisher states that 40 full-time employees have been affected worldwide, and that the moves were made following Deadpool’s completion. "Activision Publishing consistently works to align its costs with its revenues – this is an ongoing process," Activision told Joystiq. …

Square Enix’s Los Angeles office has been hit with another wave of layoffs as part of company-wide restructuring. "We can confirm that Square Enix’s Los Angeles office has eliminated a number of positions as part of the corporate restructuring announced last week," Square Enix senior director of public relations Reilly …

Around 25 employees made redundant at Texas-based studio TimeGate

Dragon Age: Legends developer Bioware San Francisco is reportedly no more. GamesRadar first pointed to anonymous sources (that were later corroborated by IGN) claiming that the California-based studio was too expensive” for mobile development to maintain. According to the sources, the studio employed between 25 and 30 staff, with the …

Timegate Studios, one of the development house’s that worked on Aliens: Colonial Marines, has been hit with layoffs. The Texas-based studio’s president Adel Chaveleh confirmed to Polygon that an unspecified number of employees have been let go. "Today, we had to make the difficult decision to let go of some …

Publisher cuts jobs from Treyarch and licensed games