Video Games ❯ Game Development

Industry Challenges

Layoffs Funding Issues Project Management Employee Treatment Budgeting Ubisoft Public Perception Leadership Issues Release Management Developer Morale

ZA/UM Serves 32 Redundancy Notices After Zero Parades Fails to Meet Sales Targets

Poor sales plus long-running reputation issues have left the studio unable to sustain its current staff.

Warframe Leaders Say Bungie’s End to Destiny 2 Shows Creators Lose Control

Fans Release Satirical Browser Raid That Lets Players Throw Tomatoes at Ex‑Bungie CEO

Former Rocksteady Leads Say Suicide Squad's Live‑Service Push Broke Them and the Game

Quantic Dream Staff Strike to Save Star Wars Eclipse Over Reported 115 Layoffs

Former Destiny 2 Developers Paint Bungie as Toxic but Tight-Knit

OtherSide Cancels Argos and Lays Off 17 Staff

Bungie Ends Active Development of Destiny 2 With Final Update on June 9

Iron Galaxy Announces New Layoffs as It Adopts a Smaller Posture for a ‘New Normal’

Eidos-Montréal Cancels Near-Complete 'Wildlands' as 124 Jobs Are Cut and Studio Head Leaves

Romeros Warn the Games Industry Is ‘Crashier’ Than the 1980s Bust

IO Interactive Ends MindsEye Deal, Canceling Planned Hitman Crossover

GDC Festival Attendance Falls 30% to 20,000 as Rebrand Debuts

Jeff Kaplan Says Blizzard Ultimatum Tying Overwatch Revenue to 1,000 Layoffs Drove His 2021 Exit

Former Highguard Designer Says 3v3 Focus Drove Players Away as Studio Contracts

Former Skyrim Lead Urges Bethesda to Keep Creation Engine Rather Than Switch to Unreal

Xbox Says GTA 6 Won’t Dictate Its 2026 Release Plans

Moonshot Games Cuts Staff After Wildgate Falls Short on Players

Skyrim Co-Lead Says Verbal Promise to Lead TES6 Fell Through, Citing Bureaucracy in 2023 Exit

Former Bethesda Artist Says Elder Scrolls 6 Was Revealed Early to Reassure Fans, With Expectations Now 'No‑Win'