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Fortnite developer Epic Games has announced it is laying off 1,000 staff, due to a "downturn in engagement" in its evergreen battle royale. In a message to staff shared publicly this morning, Epic ...

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Epic Games has announced a sweeping round of layoffs impacting more than 1,000 employees. In an internal message later shared publicly, CEO Tim ...

Disney executives are reportedly keen on fully buying Fortnite developer Epic Games at some point. The claim comes from veteran tech reporter Alex Heath, via The Town podcast, who said that senior ...

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The next major franchise to come to Fortnite has seemingly been revealed. ShiinaBR, an Epic-partnered Fortnite account, has revealed that characters ...

Fortnite isn’t as popular as it once was. This is a big problem for Epic Games, and was cited as one of the main reasons for the layoffs of 1,000+ Epic employees on Tuesday. To further cut costs, Epic ...

Epic Games has confirmed plans to lay off more than 1,000 staffers and cut $500 million in costs amid a downturn in engagement with the company’s signature free-to-play, online gaming franchise, ...

Huge cuts announced this week show that truly no developer working in games is safe from corporate whims The video game industry is currently experiencing a seemingly endless bout of ruinous deja vu.

Epic Games has announced sweeping layoffs of more than 1,000 employees. “The downturn in Fortnite engagement that started in 2025 means we're spending significantly more than we're making, and we have ...