The Obsidian tracker, which specifically tracks video game industry layoffs, shows that 10,100 people have lost their jobs in 2024 so far. As noted by Eurogamer, the.
In brief: While the tech business as a whole has seen the mass layoffs from last year continue into 2024, the video game industry has had an even worse time over the last five and a half months. According to a tracker, more than 10,000 people have been laid off across the video game sector this year so far.
The Obsidian tracker, which specifically tracks video game industry layoffs, shows that 10,100 people have lost their jobs in 2024 so far. As noted by Eurogamer, the entirety of 2023 saw 10,500 game industry workers laid off, meaning there has been almost the same number of job losses this year in less than half the time.
One of the biggest rounds of layoffs we’ve seen this year came after Microsoft announced in January that it was releasing 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox, part of the company’s plan to reduce overlap and establish a « sustainable cost structure.
