Overview

• King dismissed 200 level designers, narrative writers and UX professionals whose functions are now handled by AI systems they helped develop.
• About 50 members of the London-based Farm Heroes Saga team have been laid off or are in the process of exiting under the same automation plan.
• Several senior employees have been placed on paid gardening leave ahead of their official departures in September.
• Internal surveys reported by MobileGamer.biz indicate that morale among remaining King staff has collapsed following the cuts and AI integration.
• The moves form part of Microsoft’s broader gaming division overhaul that includes roughly 9,000 job cuts alongside massive AI infrastructure spending.