In the Hangar 13 studio owned by the 2K publishing house, cuts have been made. According to Kotaku, the owners laid off “a significant part” of the workers. The first and so far the only Hangar 13 game remains the Mafia III action adventure.

The independent British studio Failbetter Games reported financial difficulties, due to which they had to cut 4 employees. This is a significant loss for the staff of a small company: according to the Failbetter website, only 12 people are employed in the studio.

Mobile game publisher Gameloft has closed an office in New Orleans and laid off about 40 employees. The company has not yet announced the reasons for the liquidation of the division.

There have been layoffs at the Capcom Vancouver studio. The company confirmed the reduction of 30% of the staff, explaining this by restructuring the business.

The American branch of Nexon Gaming Corporation has laid off an unnamed number of employees.

The creator of the Twisted Metal and God of War franchises, David Jaffe, announced the cancellation of a project that his studio, The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency, was working on. He also announced the dismissal of most of the employees of the gaming division.

Autodesk, a developer of 3D modeling tools, will lay off 1,150 employees. The company explained this by switching services to a subscription.

90 employees (25%) of Telltale Games were left without work. The reduction was explained by the desire to focus on the quality of games.

Over 30 people were fired from Volition Studio, known for the Saints Row series of games and the new Agents of Mayhem title.

Japanese developer and publisher GREE is closing offices in Melbourne, San Francisco and Berlin, laying off employees and winding down direct operations in the West.

Mobile marketing company AdColony has laid off almost 100 employees due to the introduction of automated (programmatic) advertising sales.

Danish studio IO Interactive has confirmed the layoffs of employees after news of the withdrawal from the Japanese company Square Enix.

The author of the scripts of Half-Life, Portal and Left 4 Dead, Chet Falisek, left Valve, where he worked for 12 years.

Snowbird Games studio, noted for a series of strategies “Eador” and Blood & Gold: Caribbean! lost most of the employees.

Oxford Exient, known for Angry Birds Go!, in March reduced 60% of the working staff in its studio in the town of Royal Leamington Spa (an hour by car from Oxford and two from London).

The creative director of Assassin’s Creed 3 and Far Cry 4, Alex Hutchinson, has announced his departure from Ubisoft.

Square Enix was left by Isamu Kamikokuryo and Yoshinori Yamagishi, each of whom gave the studio about 20 years.

The publisher of Modern War and Dragon Soul announced the dismissal of an unnamed number of employees of the company’s branch in San Francisco.

Developer and publisher Kabam continues to get rid of assets. The company announced the closure of the development in the Beijing studio.