GTA 6 publisher Take-Two is laying off hundreds of developers and canceling projects
GTA 6 publisher Take-Two Interactive has announced it's laying off 5% of its workforce and canceling several projects.
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Take-Two plans to lay off 5 percent of its employees by the end of 2024
Take-Two Interactive plans to lay off 5 percent of its workforce, or about 600 employees, by the end of the year, as reported in an SEC filing Tuesday. The studio is also canceling several in-development projects. These moves are expected to cost $160 million to $200 million to implement, and should result in $165 million in annual savings for Take-Two.
As Destiny 2 enters its latest 'We're so back' era, you can grab all of its expansions for $45 in the Steam FPS Fest
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Elon Musk returns to his ultimate galaxy brain plan for Twitter: charging people to post
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Microcenter Offering Just $700 US “Trade-In” Value For $2000 US GeForce RTX 4090 GPU
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Life Eater is an unnerving horror game about ritualistic sacrifice
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