Behaviour Interactive has laid off an undisclosed number of employees. Game Developer reports the cuts hit external development roles after mobile and casual partnership demand declined, less than a month after Behaviour acquired The Fun Pimps.
Skillsearch surveyed 1,000 games professionals from Nov. 12, 2025 to Feb. 24, 2026; 44% considered leaving the industry because of redundancies and 22% were laid off in the past 12 months.
Iron Galaxy announced another round of layoffs on Apr. 17, and Kotaku reports the cuts could affect up to 90 employees after the studio shipped Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4.
A Eurogamer-linked report says Take-Two has cut a central AI team that supported Ghost Story Games and 31st Union. The timing stands out because it lands just after management publicly emphasized its embrace of generative AI.
Insider Gaming reports that Eidos Montreal scrapped a long-running project code-named Wildlands and that the cancellation sits behind the studio’s latest layoffs. The studio itself has only confirmed workforce cuts and a leadership transition so far.
This r/pcgaming story is based on TwistedVoxel’s March 30, 2026 report citing Eidos Montréal’s official LinkedIn statement. The studio said 124 employees are affected by a workforce reduction tied to changing project needs, and Head of Studio David Anfossi is also departing.
A heavily upvoted r/Games post amplified Insider Gaming's report that one laid-off Epic employee battling terminal brain cancer lost employer-provided life insurance. Tim Sweeney later said Epic is in contact with the family and will solve the issue.
A March 25, 2026 GameSpot report amplified by r/Games says Epic Games' 1,000-person layoff round included Vitaliy Naymushin, the artist behind Jonesy and several foundational Fortnite characters, underscoring how deeply the cuts reach into the live-service giant's original creative team.
A Jason Schreier report shared to r/Games says PlayStation has shut Dark Outlaw Games and is also making mobile-development cuts affecting around 50 staff.
In a March 24 memo, Epic Games said it is laying off over 1,000 employees and pairing the cuts with more than $500 million in savings. The company blamed a 2025 decline in Fortnite engagement, weaker industry spending, and the long road back to mobile.
VGC reports that Ubisoft is winding down Red Storm's game development work, eliminating 105 jobs while keeping the studio focused on IT and Snowdrop support.
Crystal Dynamics says Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis and Tomb Raider: Catalyst remain in development even after another 20 layoffs announced on March 18, 2026, making this the studio's fourth cut in roughly a year.