Mobile game studio Jam City laid off around 85 employees (or 10 percent) today, Polygon reports. Nicole Carpenter.
The last time we heard of layoffs at the studio was almost two years ago, when 17 percent of staff were laid off. As in 2022, the blame was placed on the current market.
In an email to staff, CEO Josh Yguado acknowledged that video game industry analysts had predicted an “upward trend” in 2024. But despite some “moderate improvements,” he said the recovery hasn’t “materialized as expected.”
Carpenter noted that Jam City also acknowledged that its games had performed “below expectations.” Such games include Love Connection AND Jurassic World is alive.
As Jam City marks some of its first layoffs of the month of August, this week marks the next round of cuts, preceded by the cut of 220 employees from Bungie AND Lively gamesin addition to the closure just announced today of Game Informant.