Neowin News Feed for: Firings

Layoffs at PlayStation studios reported following live service game cancelations

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:48:01 +0000

Multiple reports say that Sony is doing another round of layoffs at its first-party studios, and those who worked on canceled live service projects seem to be targeted. Read more...

Team 17 will likely face mass layoffs in a newly revealed restructuring as its CEO departs

John Callaham — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:16:01 +0000

The UK-based game developer and publisher confirmed it has "amicably parted ways" with its CEO Michael Pattison, as it enters into a period of consultation where as many as 50 employees are at risk Read more...

Take-Two Interactive is the latest tech company to announce layoffs, mostly in the US

John Callaham — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 20:16:01 +0000

The parent company of Rockstar Games, 2K Games, Zynga, and Private Division will lay off an unknown number of employees, mostly in its "corporate operations and label publishing" divisions. Read more...

ByteDance finds four employees had accessed US journalists' TikTok data; fires them

Hemant Saxena — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 08:06:01 +0000

An internal report from ByteDance reveals it has fired four employees for inappropriately accessing TikTok data of 2 U.S. journalists in an attempt to track down the source of information leaks. Read more...

HP will fire 4,000 employees over the next three years

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:18:01 +0000

HP has announced that up to 4,000 of its employees will be losing their jobs over the coming years, as part of the company's efforts to lower costs and remain competitive in the market. Read more...