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Homeworld 3 studio Blackbird Interactive hit with layoffsThe games industry has cut an estimated 6000-ish jobs so far this year
The games industry has cut an estimated 6000-ish jobs so far this year
“We looked at multiple ways of avoiding this and regretfully other options weren’t viable. Because the affected team members are our BBI family, we want to help position them well for this next stage of their careers. We’re offering a suite of extended benefits and severance to help ease this transition.”
Best of luck to everyone at Blackbird, and everywhere else.
According toone unofficial tracker, the games industry has cut an estimated minimum of 6000-ish jobs cut in 2024 so far. The estimate for all of 2023 was 10,500. Those figures don’t include companies who didn’t reveal numbers, mind, so it’s likely even more people have lost their jobs.
Back before he became our Edwin, Edwin Evans-Thirlwell wrote for us aboutthe union politics of Hardspace: Shipbreaker. Unionisation is one hope employees have for a better chance of a fairer shake in this nightmare industry, and it has seemed to help protect union members at some companies,like Microsoft—though not at others,like Sega.
Blackbird and Homeworld 3 publisher Gearbox recentlydelayedthe long-awaited spaceship strategy sequel following feedback from playtesters and the publicWar Games mode demo(which is no longer available). Previously due on March 8th, it’s now expected on May 13th.
