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Game layoffs continue to slow down through early May | Amir Satvat
Game layoffs haven't disappeared, but they have slowed down in 2025, according to data from game job champion Amir Satvat.
He said the the model is built on everything he knows — not just historical daily cuts since 2022, but every single piece of data our community sees: Opening projections. Mathematically, the second half of 2025 would have to repeat major Q1/Q2 events (like Microsoft’s and Sony’s mass cuts) to get anywhere close to the initial projection, at this point. My own take is we did see some more surprise layoffs from EA related to its Respawn studio, and one thing that is hard to predict is when big companies give up on games and lay people off as a result.
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