GameSpot staff endure another round of job cuts

Fandom-owned media outlet GameSpot has commenced one other spherical of layoffs right now.

Although not formally confirmed, earlier right now, Big Bomb announced on-line that it will be “punting on right now’s streams” and would resume tomorrow. Hours later, reviews of redundancies started to flow into.

“Simply bought laid off from GameSpot,” said host/senior producer, Dave Klein on X/Twitter.

“If anybody is in search of a video producer/senior producer, I’ve bought you. Additionally been engaged on a sport for the previous couple years, and might program in C# and Unity, plus do sport design.”

When requested by a involved respondent about what had occurred, Klein wrote: “Only a large layoff. I’m not the one one affected by it.”

“So hey, when you want somebody who can write/edit/handle/work with video/work with advertising and branded/work with social/work with website positioning/do any of the 20 thousand different issues I did at Fandom and GameSpot, I am right here,” added senior editor Chris Hayner.

“One other spherical of layoffs at Fandom,” said senior producer Jake Dekker.

“I am okay, however lots of people aren’t. I believe that is the FOURTH spherical of layoffs we have had since they acquired GameSpot in 2022. This business f**king sucks, man.”

It is unclear if Fandom, too, has been impacted, or how many individuals have been laid off right now. GamesIndustry.biz has reached out for remark.

These layoffs come on prime of redundancies introduced again in January 2023, after which again in January 2024.The prior cuts hit GameSpot sister site Giant Bomb as well.