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A Kotaku report says Naughty Dog, the developer of The Last of Us and Uncharted games, is the latest studio to lay off employees, with at least 25 contract workers being told that they'll be let go at the end of October. The report also says that The Last of Us multiplayer shooter spinoff announced in 2022 is in trouble, and while it hasn't been cancelled at this point, its fate remains uncertain.

Naughty Dog is laying off dozens of developers this month with no severance, according to a Kotaku report.

Layoffs have reportedly hit the staff over at Naughty Dog. A new report from Kotaku alleges the Last of Us developer has cut at least 25 contractor jobs. 

In the video game industry, there will always be a period of time within a game’s development cycle when someone, or a group of people, will be “laid off.” Typically, certain roles are on a short-term contract status as they’re needed for certain things, and their job is completed. That’s why it’s a big honor to be given a full-time gig at a game company because once you finish with one title, you will just be moved over to the next. However, a new report states that Naughty Dog has laid off staff in one area a bit early because one of their games is stalling development-wise.

Kotaku is reporting that Naughty Dog, the PlayStation first-party studio behind The Last of Us and Uncharted franchises, has laid off at least 25 developers, cutting their contracts short. The layoffs reportedly began last week, according to two of Kotaku's sources and various departments, from art to production, were hit. The majority of those laid off were in Naughty Dog's quality assurance testing department. 

Epic Games has announced that it is laying off around 830 employees – around 16% of the company’s total workforce – and splitting off recent acquisitions, with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney admitting that they have been “spending way more money than we earn.”

Epic Games has announced that it is laying off around 830 employees – around 16% of the company’s total workforce – and splitting off recent acquisitions, with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney admitting that they have been “spending way more money than we earn.”

Epic Games announced today that it is laying off 16% of its staff, or 830 people. It’s also divesting recent purchase Bandcamp and spinning out SuperAwesome, which will result in 250 more people leaving the company. Allegedly these layoffs are fueled by an excess of spending and Fortnite’s growth slowing down. Bandcamp joins Songtradr, while SuperAwesome will be its own company headed by current CEO Kate O’Loughlin.

Epic Games has announced it is laying off roughly 16 percent of its workforce, resulting in around 830 employees losing their jobs.

Epic Games is the latest company making major layoffs, with about 830 employees, or 16% of the company’s employees, affected. Another 250 employees will leave via sales of several Epic-owned companies.

Epic Games is laying off 16% percent of its employees, impacting about 870 people, the Fortnite maker announced on Thursday. The company also announced that it’s divesting Bandcamp, an online audio distribution platform it acquired last year, and spinning off most of SuperAwesome, a kid-safe technology developer that it acquired in 2020. The layoffs news was first reported by Bloomberg.

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