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The Jobs Don't Come Back: What It Means to Be a Game Developer in 2026

Over 45,000 gaming jobs have been cut since 2022, and 55% of those laid off still haven't found new work. The Skillsearch 2026 report puts human numbers to a crisis that studios are now describing as permanent — and the people who built the games you love are the ones paying for it.

Ali Abdukarim|April 21, 2026

12 min read

Industry News

14 Years of Growth Erased: Inside the UK Games Industry's Sharpest Ever Decline

New TIGA data shows the UK games development workforce fell 4.5% in 2025, ending 14 straight years of growth — and a collapsed startup pipeline suggests the damage runs deeper than one bad year.

Ali Abdukarim|March 26, 2026

13 min read

Industry News

Battlefield 6 Sold 7 Million Copies in 3 Days. EA Laid Off Its Developers Anyway.

EA cut staff across all four Battlefield studios five months after the franchise's biggest launch ever. The reason? A 90% player count drop, a $400M+ budget, and an impossible 100 million player target that even DICE devs said was unrealistic.

Ali Abdukarim|March 9, 2026

10 min read