{"id":22461,"date":"2026-03-25T12:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/the-creator-of-fortnite-has-laid-off-more-than-1000-staff-despite-billions-in-revenue\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:37:16","slug":"the-creator-of-fortnite-has-laid-off-more-than-1000-staff-despite-billions-in-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/the-creator-of-fortnite-has-laid-off-more-than-1000-staff-despite-billions-in-revenue\/","title":{"rendered":"The creator of Fortnite has laid off more than 1,000 staff \u2013 despite billions in revenue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Huge cuts announced this week show that truly no developer working in games is safe from corporate whims<\/p>\n

The video game industry is currently experiencing a seemingly endless bout of ruinous deja vu. Every month, another publisher posts an all too familiar statement about job losses in its development studios. There will be airy expressions of regret and platitudes praising the skill and contribution of the imminently jobless; it is all filtered through layers of corporate doublespeak intended to disguise the human cost of downsizing.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, it was the turn of Epic Games, creator of Fortnite, one of the most successful titles on the planet. In a note posted online, CEO Tim Sweeney announced that more than 1,000 jobs would be lost \u2013 this followed the cutting of 830 staff in September 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nHuge cuts announced this week show that truly no developer working in games is safe from corporate whims
\nThe video game industry is currently experiencing a seemingly endless bout of ruinous deja vu. Every month, another publisher posts an all too familiar statement about job losses in its development studios. There will be airy expressions of regret and platitudes praising the skill and contribution of the imminently jobless; it is all filtered through layers of corporate doublespeak intended to disguise the human cost of downsizing.
\nOn Tuesday, it was the turn of Epic Games, creator of Fortnite, one of the most successful titles on the planet. In a note posted online, CEO Tim Sweeney announced that more than 1,000 jobs would be lost \u2013 this followed the cutting of 830 staff in September 2023. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. Every month, another publisher posts an all too familiar statement about job losses in its development studios. There will be airy expressions …<\/p>\n

The creator of Fortnite has laid off more than 1,000 staff \u2013 despite billions in revenue<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22461"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}