Gaming Company Layoffs 2024. Since the start of the year, media, tech and video gaming industries have been hit hard by layoffs. As many as 89,333 employees have been laid off across 306 tech companies in 2024 so far.
Shortly after, there were mass layoffs across every xbox wing, amounting to approximately 2150+ job cuts. Roughly 8,500 video game industry workers were laid off in 2022, according to a layoff tracker created by video game artist farhan noor.