Jason Schreier spoke about the situation with layoffs in the gaming industry. In his opinion, today specialists do not feel protected and can be out of work at any time — despite record revenues and sales. The journalist illustrated the problem with several vivid examples, and at the same time suggested ways to solve it.At the beginning of his article for Bloomberg, Schreyer recalls two important events of the first half of the year: the…

Bossa Studios will cut 15% of its staff during the restructuring. The company explains this by the need to adapt to the recent trends in the industry. At the same time, over the past few months, almost a quarter of the employees have already left the studio.

Another 100 employees will be laid off from Activision Blizzard. This time, those who were responsible for the maintenance of the company’s titles in the Asia-Pacific region fell under the knife.

Rovio Entertainment is unhappy with the work of its licensing business. She will restructure this area. The procedure will affect 32 employees, 20 of them will lose their jobs.

A representative of the Russian office of Electronic Arts in the comments for App2Top.ru He told how the company will continue to work in the local market after the disbandment of the team in Moscow.

50 people could fall under the reduction.

Next week may not be the best in the history of Activision Blizzard. One of the largest gaming companies plans to announce large-scale cuts next Tuesday (as part of the announcement of financial results for the fourth quarter of 2018).

The stories of layoffs in the industry continue. Next in line is the German developer and publisher Flaregames. During the restructuring, the company says goodbye to 45 employees, and also loses its CEO.

The number of employees at the headquarters of the Australian studio Halfbrick Studios decreased by 30 people as a result of a large-scale reduction. This is reported by Cnet, citing internal sources.

One of the largest mobile advertising platforms, AdColony, laid off 125 employees and closed the AdMarvel division due to the automation of advertising sales.

Canadian mobile game developer Hibernum Creations has laid off most of the studio’s staff — over 100 employees.

Electronic Arts has confirmed its intention to cut staff in a number of offices, including the company’s UK division.

Glu Mobile closed its office in Portland and reduced its entire staff of 25 employees.

Developer and publisher Kim Kardashian: Hollywood has taken on serious cuts. The company is closing a studio in Bellevue and laying off some employees from three American offices.

The German publisher and developer of mobile games Wooga announced a 10% reduction in staff. The company decided to stop creating midcore projects and focus on a casual audience.

The company Gumi, which fired the Brave Frontier buttler a couple of years ago, announced the closure of the Canadian studio, created less than two years ago, as well as the termination of operations in a number of regions.