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Epic Games Cuts 1,000 Jobs as Fortnite Slows and the Games Industry Keeps Crashing
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Read the full article on stephaneLarue.com Epic Games removes more than 1,000 positions, or 20% of its staff, due to Fortnite's decline. PlayStation's gaming hours have dropped by 24% in a year. The video game industry is going through a difficult pass.
Epic Games Cuts 1,000 Jobs as Fortnite Slows and the Games Industry Keeps Crashing
More than 1,000 Epic Games employees were laid off last week. Announced in a press release, the layoff was related to a reported decline in Fortnite engagement which began last year. The company pointed to challenges in maintaining Fortnite’s “magic” every season and the ongoing process of bringing the game back to mobile users as the reason for the decline. In the statement, the CEO, Tim Sweeney, emphasized that the cuts were not due to AI use,…
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