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  • Over 26% of Europe's Game Devs Laid Off in Past Year
    October 28, 2025
    90%

    Over 26% of Europe's Game Devs Laid Off in Past Year

    Over a quarter of Europe's game development workforce experienced layoffs in the past year, with creative roles and quality assurance hit hardest, and 10% of those laid off remain unemployed. Salaries have stagnated or declined, especially for Unity programmers who saw a nearly 50% pay drop, and ...

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  • Block cuts 40% of staff to focus on AI investment
    February 27, 2026
    85%

    Block cuts 40% of staff to focus on AI investment

    Block is cutting nearly half its workforce (over 4,000 jobs), a strategic pivot driven by aggressively reallocating resources toward artificial intelligence, which caused its stock to surge. CEO Jack Dorsey directly links the layoffs to AI, stating intelligence tools have fundamentally changed co...

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