Two announcements today suggest that companies embracing free-to-play business models may have over-extended themselves and are having to cut back. But the key question is whether this is a sensible restructuring of rapidly growing business or a...

Last week, Michael Pachter, an investment analyst at Wedbush Securities caused a stir amongst game developers the world over. His crime? To declare that "unpaid crunch deserves no sympathy". I understand where Pachter is coming from: I used to...

Through 15 years in games, mobile and web development, Kevin Hassall has worked as a producer, project manager, executive producer and publishing director. He now works as a freelance producer and outsourcing consultant, through his consultancy Beriah...

Kotaku reports swingeing cuts at LucasArts HQ, with perhaps 60 developers and 25 QA staff believed to have been laid off. Added to the Job Loss Tracker.

Ubisoft has confirmed that Red Storm Entertainment has laid off 38 employees in its North Carolina studio. More details at GamaSutra. Added to the Job Loss Tracker.

I may have been hasty in adding the entire staff of RealTime Worlds to the Job Loss Tracker. GamaSutra and GamesIndustry.biz report three bits of good news: RealTime Worlds has recruited back 23 of the 60 staff...

Another week, another Dundee studio in trouble? I’m hearing rumours that Cohort Studios made 38 people redundant in Dundee last week. The company is working on a PlayStation Move title called The Shoot but doesn’t have projects...