eBay to close San Francisco office, move nearly 200 workers to South Bay

Around 200 employees will have to relocate to San Jose after eBay declined to renew its lease at 300 Mission St. in San ...
Decrypt

Playdate Gaming Handheld Maker Bans Generative AI Tools for Development

Panic, the firm behind the Playdate handheld, now prohibits creative AI applications while preserving developer productivity ...
CBS News

Epic Games lays off 1,000 workers as its CEO says the cuts aren't tied to AI

Epic Games, the video game maker behind Fortnite, is laying off more than 1,000 workers amid "extreme" market conditions and a downturn in engagement with its most popular game, CEO Tim Sweeney said ...
Deadline.com

‘Fortnite’ Maker Epic Games Laying Off 1,000 Workers, Citing Engagement Downturn

Video game publisher Epic Games is laying off 1,000 workers, citing a drop in engagement with its signature title, Fortnite. In a memo to employees (read it in full below), CEO Tim Sweeney noted that ...

Former Yeti employee tries to replicate formula with game day gear

Fozzy Whittaker, a former football player at the University of Texas and in the NFL, is pictured in Bckr gear. Bckr is ...
Fast Company

Epic Games layoffs today: ‘Fortnite’ losses force video game maker into 20% job cut

The note said some of the challenges the company is facing were industry-wide. Those challenges included lower growth, weaker spending, and tougher cost economics; current consoles selling fewer units ...
Business Insider

'Fortnite' maker Epic Games is laying off over 1,000 employees. Its CEO says AI isn't to blame.

Epic Games announced it would cut over 1,000 employees, or about 20% of its workforce. CEO Tim Sweeney says the layoffs aren't AI-driven and that the company still needs software developers. He cited ...
BBC

Fortnite-maker Epic Games lays off 1,000 more staff

Fortnite-maker Epic Games says it is laying off more than 1,000 employees, citing a fall in engagement with its popular online game. In a note to staff on Tuesday, Epic's chief executive Tim Sweeney ...

Tapatío hot sauce to expand with new owner, rising demand due to weight-loss drugs

As millions of people on Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs tend to crave more flavor, the values of some sauce companies ...
TweakTown

Pearl Abyss more interested in boosting Crimson Desert's sales than making DLC or mod support as game nears 5 million sales

TL;DR: Pearl Abyss prioritizes increasing Crimson Desert's full game sales over mod support or post-launch DLC, company CEO Heo Jin-young tells investors. In a shareholders meeting, Pearl Abyss CEO ...

Coronation Street boss lost sleep over ‘banging’ murder episodes ahead

Coronation Street fans are gearing up to uncover which villain is set to meet their maker on Carla Connor ( Alison King) and ...
IGN

After Laying Off 830 Employees in 2023, Tim Sweeney Says Fortnite Maker Epic Is Now ‘Financially Sound’

Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney has insisted the company is now “financially sound” after a tumultuous period in which 830 staff were laid off. In September 2023, the North Carolina studio behind Fortnite ...