The video game industry has been grappling with mass layoffs for years. In 2024, Microsoft shut down smaller studios such as Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks. Additionally, earlier layoffs at ...

More broadly, the video game industry has faced mass layoffs for years, and Microsoft shut down smaller studios Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks in May. Metaverse thought leader Matthew Ball ...

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Then again, the axe that claimed Tango Gameworks also fell on Arkane Austin, so it's probably fair to say that "prestige" isn't too high on Microsoft's list of priorities. It does appear to be a ...

One of the victims, Arkane Austin, was shut down after its most recent game, Redfall, failed hard both critically and commercially, regardless of what the studio had done previously or how ...

Roughly 15,000 game developers were laid off; there are far too few open roles for the industry to retain that talent Right-wing reactionaries fueled a renewed hate campaign against "wokeness" and ...

Notable examples include Arkane Austin and PlayStation's London Studio, alongside job losses at Riot, Microsoft, Bungie, Unity, Take-Two Interactive, and EA. There have also been trend-chasing ...

Arkane Austin had one of the greatest track records in the industry, starting as a small independent company, before being bought by ZeniMax in 2010, with ZeniMax being bought by Microsoft in 2021.