Asep Darmawan
- Mobile Gaming News
- May 14, 2026
- 6 views
The Shadow Lengthens: Amazon Reportedly Cancels Ambitious Lord of the Rings MMO Amidst Strategic Shift and Layoffs
SEATTLE, WA – The grand ambition of bringing J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth to life as a sprawling massively multiplayer online (MMO) game by Amazon appears to have once again crumbled, as…
Pevita Pearce
- Mobile Gaming News
- May 14, 2026
- 5 views
MercurySteam Initiates "Difficult and Painful" Workforce Adjustment Amidst Broader Industry Layoffs
Madrid, Spain – [Date of Article Publication – e.g., May 15, 2026] – Spanish video game developer MercurySteam, renowned for its work on critically acclaimed titles such as Metroid Dread…
Ammar Sabilarrohman
- Mobile Gaming News
- May 13, 2026
- 9 views
“A Difficult And Painful Situation” – Metroid Dread Developer MercurySteam Suffers Layoffs
MercurySteam Hit by Layoffs Amidst Industry Turbulence and Recent Project Challenges Madrid, Spain – In a somber announcement that reverberated through the video game development community, MercurySteam, the acclaimed Spanish…
Rifan Muazin
- Mobile Gaming News
- May 10, 2026
- 8 views
Build a Rocket Boy Reels From Third Wave of Layoffs, MindsEye Future Uncertain as Staff Numbers Dwindle
Edinburgh, Scotland – Build a Rocket Boy (BARB), the ambitious studio behind the upcoming title MindsEye (and Everywhere), is reportedly grappling with its third significant round of redundancies in the…
Neng Nana
- Mobile Gaming News
- May 9, 2026
- 12 views
2K’s 31st Union Undergoes Layoffs Amidst Project Ethos Re-evaluation
San Francisco, CA – [Current Date] – 31st Union, a development studio under the 2K Games umbrella, has announced significant layoffs affecting an undisclosed number of staff members. The restructuring…
Sagoh
- RPG Strategy
- May 9, 2026
- 7 views
Strategic Pivot or Desperate Gamble? 31st Union Faces Layoffs Amidst Project Ethos Overhaul
The landscape for free-to-play multiplayer titles continues to be a graveyard for ambition, and 2K Games’ latest internal shift highlights the industry’s ongoing volatility. This week, 31st Union—the 2K-owned studio…
- Tech Gadgets
- May 9, 2026
- 9 views
The Silent Ax: How Oracle’s Mass Layoffs Exposed the Fragility of Modern Tech Compensation
On March 31, the digital landscape for tens of thousands of Oracle employees vanished in an instant. What began as a standard workday for an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 workers…
