>[!INFO] Last Updated: 12/30/2023
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```Estimated Total in 2022: 8,500```
| Studio | Date | Number Affected | Parent Company | Type | Sources |
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| PlayTika | 12/22/2022 | 600 | PlayTika | Mobile | https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/12/playtika-lays-off-610-workers-shuts-down-three-online-gaming-titles-amid-broader-restructure/<br>https://mmos.com/news/gamigo-layoffs-dec-2022, https://press.mgi.group/media-and-games-invest-se-strong-q4-2022-16-total-and-13-organic-revenue-growth-34-adj-ebitda-margin-net-leverage-reduced-to-29x-one-off-amortization-of-non-core-games-assets-and-eg7-sale |
| Gamigo | 12/21/2022 | 50 | Media and Games Invest | Online | https://mmos.com/news/gamigo-layoffs-dec-2022, https://press.mgi.group/media-and-games-invest-se-strong-q4-2022-16-total-and-13-organic-revenue-growth-34-adj-ebitda-margin-net-leverage-reduced-to-29x-one-off-amortization-of-non-core-games-assets-and-eg7-sale |
| Age of Learning Inc | 12/08/2022 | 128 | ABC Mouse | Online | https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2022/12/08/age-of-learning-plans-layoff.html |
| Spokko Studio | 12/06/2022 | ? | CD Project | Mobile | https://www.ign.com/articles/the-witcher-monster-slayer-is-shutting-down-in-2023-with-lay-offs-expected |
| Wildlife Studios | 11/29/2022 | 300 | | Mobile | https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/80308/wildlife-lays-off-almost-300-staff-in-brazil-and-argentina/ |
| Lilith Games | 11/19/2022 | ? | | Publisher | https://www.superpixel.com/article/298017/lilith-games-lays-off-whole-art-conquest-2-development-team |
| Amazon Luna | 11/17/2022 | ? | Amazon | Publisher | https://www.tweaktown.com/news/89552/amazon-luna-hit-with-major-layoffs-will-it-follow-stadias-demise/index.html |
| Tencent IEG | 11/15/2022 | ? | Tencent | Online | https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinas-tencent-starts-new-round-layoffs-sources-2022-11-15/ |
| Kabam | 11/10/2022 | 35 | | Mobile | https://www.pocketgamer.biz/job-news/80149/approximately-7-of-employees-laid-off-from-kabam-after-reviewing-strategic-priorities/ |
| WIIMO Games | 11/02/2022 | ? | | Mobile | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/theatmoplex/status/1588646769335799808?lang=en) |
| Studio Onoma | 11/02/2022 | 200 | Embracer Group | Mobile | https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/79780/mighty-kingdom-announces-cost-reduction-plans-including-staff-layoffs/ |
| Xbox | 10/18/2022 | 500 | Microsoft | Publisher | https://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-has-laid-off-around-1000-of-its-employees/1100-6508365/ |
| Playdots | 10/14/2022 | 64 | TakeTwo Interactive | Mobile | https://www.gamesindustry.biz/two-two-shutting-down-playdots |
| Mighty Kingdom | 09/28/2022 | ? | | Indie | https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/79780/mighty-kingdom-announces-cost-reduction-plans-including-staff-layoffs/ |
| Booyah! | 09/22/2022 | 35 | Sea Ltd. | Online | https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/singapores-sea-cuts-some-garena-unit-jobs-shuts-projects-sources-say-2022-09-01/ |
| Garena | 09/09/2022 | 700 | Sea Ltd. | Online | https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/exclusive-seas-shopee-shuts-operations-argentina-chile-colombia-mexico-sources-2022-09-08/ |
| Wushuang Studio | 09/06/2022 | ? | ByteDance | Mobile | https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3191458/china-gaming-crackdown-bytedance-cuts-hundreds-jobs-its-video-game |
| Lockwood Publishing | 09/02/2022 | 34 | | Publisher | https://www.gamesindustry.biz/lockwood-publishing-to-fire-15-of-its-workforce |
| Mino Games | 08/26/2022 | ? | | Mobile | [LinkedIn](https://airtable.com/app8zwqijBJoXcYrN/tblxsTdemjuTCN3V4/viw00Edze1gE0wL8l/rec42EJcD0EjX4R3x/fld5Nd0aTTFQrHQ6x?copyLinkToCellOrRecordOrigin=gridView) |
| Ludia | 08/24/2022 | 200 | Jam City | Mobile | https://venturebeat.com/games/jam-city-lays-off-hundreds-of-staff-as-part-of-restructuring/ |
| Uken Games | 08/01/2022 | | | Mobile | |
| 37 Mobile Games | 07/29/2022 | 130 | Sanqi Interactive Entertainment | Mobile | [GameLook](http://www.gamelook.com.cn/2022/07/491448) |
| Netease Spark Studio | 07/14/2022 | ? | Netease | | https://www.superpixel.com/article/142982/chinas-major-game-development-companies-are-laying-off-employees-shutting-down-projects |
| LineKong Interactive | 07/01/2022 | 50 | | Online | |
| Archosaur Games | 06/30/2022 | 304 | Zulong Entertainment | Mobile | https://webb-site.com/dbpub/docs.asp?p=24384240 , https://finance.sina.cn/tech/2023-04-15/detail-imyqmpwr2583838.d.html <br> |
| Unity Technologies | 06/30/2022 | 150 | Unity | Tech | https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/79100/unity-lays-off-4-percent-workforce-resourcing-levels-company-priorities/ |
| IGG | 06/30/2022 | 598 | IGG | Mobiel | https://finance.sina.cn/tech/2023-04-15/detail-imyqmpwr2583838.d.html , IGG 2022 Financial report<br> |
| Niantic | 06/30/2022 | 90 | | Mobile | https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/79097/niantic-lays-off-8-workforce-it-cancels-four-projects/ |
| Intellivision | 06/28/2022 | ? | | Tech | https://www.gamesindustry.biz/intellivision-turns-to-layoffs-and-licensing-deals-as-it-struggles-to-fund-troubled-amico |
| 101 Studio | 06/28/2022 | 150 | ByteDance | Mobile | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-17/bytedance-disbands-shanghai-games-studio-in-expansion-setback<br> |
| Adjust | 06/27/022 | ? | App Lovin | Mobile | https://www.adexchanger.com/mobile/adjust-and-applovin-lay-off-12-of-their-workforce-amid-economic-downturn/ |
| Friday's Games | 06/21/2022 | 50 | | Mobile | https://www.facebook.com/natalya.popova.16/posts/5603629389649427 |
| Game Insight | 06/15/2022 | 600 | | Mobile | https://app2top.ru/industry/game-insight-ushla-na-samolikvidatsiyu-raboty-lishilis-do-600-spetsialistov-199488.html |
| Plarium Krasnador | 06/15/2022 | 500 | Plarium | Mobile | https://gameworldobserver.com/2022/06/21/up-to-2500-russian-devs-lost-jobs-over-last-month-following-mass-layoffs-at-top-game-studios |
| 101XP | 06/02/2022 | ? | | Online | https://app2top.ru/news/neofitsial-no-v-101xp-prohodyat-masshtabny-e-sokrashheniya-199179.html |
| PlayTika | 06/01/2022 | 250 | PlayTika | Mobile | https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/78912/playtika-lay-off-250-employees-closes-three-development-studios/ |
| Penguin Esports | 06/01/2022 | ? | Tencent | Online | https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/07/tencent-to-shut-down-its-game-streaming-service/ |
| Hangar 13 | 05/26/2022 | 87 | TakeTwo Interactive | Console | https://www.gamesindustry.biz/mafia-3-developer-hangar-13-suffers-another-round-of-layoffs |
| Tencent IEG | 05/25/2022 | 50 | Tencent | Publisher | http://www.gamelook.com.cn/2022/06/487107, https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Caixin/Tencent-fires-gaming-and-fintech-staff-in-wake-of-miserable-Q1<br> |
| MPL | 05/22/2022 | 100 | | Mobile | https://inc42.com/buzz/gaming-unicorn-mpl-lay-off-100-employees-shutdown-indonesia-business/ |
| Electronic Arts | 05/18/2022 | 200 | Electronic Arts | Publisher | https://kotaku.com/ea-layoffs-fifa-22-ea-sports-fc-microtransactions-profi-1848945221<br> |
| Wargaming Minsk | 04/04/2022 | ? | Wargaming | Publisher | https://www.gamesindustry.biz/wargaming-to-leave-russia-and-belarus |
| PlayStation | 04/01/2022 | 93 | Sony | Publisher | https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-has-laid-off-over-90-north-american-workers/ |
| Gamingo | 03/28/2022 | ? | Media and Games Invest | Publisher | https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/28/gamigo-has-suffered-yet-another-round-of-layoffs-including-some-rift-and-trove-staff/ |
| Funomena | 03/22/2022 | 50 | | Indie | https://www.fanbyte.com/legacy/the-hopeful-beginning-and-abrupt-shuttering-of-funomena |
| Playgendary Minsk | 02/01/2022 | 200 | Playgendary | Mobile | https://devby.io/news/playgendary-uvolnenie |
| Perfect World Games | 01/27/2022 | 1000 | Perfect World Co. Ltd. | Publisher | https://pandaily.com/game-giant-perfect-world-to-lay-off-up-to-1000-employees/ |
| Heartbeat Network | 01/15/2022 | 600 | | Publisher | https://finance.sina.cn/tech/2023-04-15/detail-imyqmpwr2583838.d.html |
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