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Last week, I got word that there were a small number of layoffs made recently at Skybound Entertainment of The Walking Dead, Transformers and GI Joe comics fame. I was able to identify two, Director of Social Media Guillermo Cummings and Senior Social Media Manager Patrick Coyne. At the time, Shannon Meehan, Senior Public Relations Manager at Skybound, told me that[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on news of layoffs at Dark Horse Comics We mentioned two recent departures, editor Konner Knudsen and CFO Tom Weddle Since then, I have confirmed that Megan Walker, Associate Editor, has also been let go by Dark Horse Currently, Dark Horse is approaching around two hundred employees, and I understand that they have reduced by[...]

Drake Maverick is under WWE contract again, following last night's episode of NXT and the culmination of a weeks-long storyline based on the real-life layoffs of dozens of WWE talent as cost-cutting measures during the coronavirus pandemic Maverick lost the final match of the Interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship tournament but was offered a new contract[...]

If Daybreak Games isn't headed toward a full studio closure yet, they're about on their way as the company has yet another round of layoffs this week The studio, previously known for H1Z1, and currently working on titles like DC Universe Online and Planetside, has been having trouble staying afloat in recent years In the[...]

Bad times continue for GameStop as the company announced this week they will be closing another 180-200 stores before the end of 2021.

A source close to Capcom reported to Kotaku that Capcom laid off around 50 people in their Vancouver studio, in a restructuring campaign that was meant to streamline the studio, but also reportedly cuts into the development of Dead Rising 5.

The studio announced today that they've begun laying off employees following the split. The reason for the layoffs remains vague, with the studio only claiming, "we're sad that great talent and good friends will be leaving the studio." The announcement came through Twitter, with the following message: An update from the studio: pic.twitter.com/k0aoms5cOQ — IO Interactive (@IOInteractive) May 23, 2017 Square[...]