All is not well in the virtual world of Habbo Hotel. Parent company Sulake is starting the negotiation process to make 40 layoffs amongst its 200-strong Finnish workforce (the company employs 300 people globally). Habbo Hotel was...

Activision acquired 7 Studios, developer of Scratch the Ultimate DJ, in April 2009. Since Scratch is targeted at the same market as Activision’s DJ Hero, the acquisition led to a lawsuit from Scratch publisher Genius, alleging “intentional...

Funcom, the publicly-listed developer/publisher of Age of Conan is still struggling. In an attempt to cut costs, it is slashing 20% of its workforce (60 people, mainly in its home country of Norway) and trying to shift...

What a nice way to celebrate the launch of your new game: fire dozens of the staff who worked on it. Internal Activision studio Raven Software has laid off 30-35 staff, according to GI.biz. The studio have...

Electronic Arts has confirmed that it has made further layoffs at Maxis, which are believed to be over and above the 1,100 layoffs previously announced. The company has not released the number of staff who will be...

According to VentureBeat, a number of Foundation 9’s studios will be affected by the redundancies, including: The closure of the Fizz Factor game studio in Austin, Texas The merger of the Amaze and Griptonite studios in Kirkland,...

Despite the successful launch of Free Realms, Sony Online Entertainment, publisher of Everquest,has decided to reduce headcount by 5%. 41 of the company’s 800-odd staff will be affected by the layoffs. (via IndustryGamers)