Video game layoffs in 2026: WARN notices

A WARN notice is the filing a US employer makes with a state ahead of a mass layoff or a closure. The notices here were filed by video game companies we track, in the states we read. This is not a count of every job cut. Layoffs in other states or countries, below a state's threshold, or at companies we don't track are not here. A notice comes before the layoffs and does not prove they happened. How layoff notices work.

Workers6,5282026, year to date
Notices322026, year to date
Company groups92026, year to date
States62026, year to date

Updated · latest notice (Received)

A notice is counted once it is matched to a company we track. A 0 below means no matched notice, not that nobody filed one.

Monthly, 2026

Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26

By company group, 2026

Amazon4,216 · 14 notices
Microsoft1,261 · 4 notices
Sony Group292 · 1 notice
Epic Games217 · 6 notices
Tencent150 · 3 notices
Keywords Studios128 · 1 notice
Intrepid Studios123 · 1 notice
Ubisoft93 · 1 notice
Iron Galaxy48 · 1 notice

By state, 2026

StateWorkers, 2026Notices, 2026Coverage
Washington4,0338since Jan 1, 2025
California1,06219since Jan 1, 2025
New Jersey8711since Jan 1, 2025
Maryland3792since Jan 1, 2025
New York1351since Jan 6, 2026
Illinois481since Jan 1, 2025
Pennsylvania00since Jan 1, 2025
Texas00since Jan 1, 2025

Every notice

1–32 of 32 notices, newest first.

DateFiled byCompanySiteStatusWorkers
Sep 22ReceivedMicrosoftMicrosoftRedmond, WashingtonDeclared · division not named277
Aug 31ReceivedAmazonAmazonSeattle, Bellevue, Sumner, WashingtonDeclared · division not named121
Jul 29Notice dateTencent America LLCTencent15201 Laguna Canyon Rd. Irvine CA 92618Declared · division not named68
Jul 6ReceivedMicrosoftMicrosoftRedmond, WashingtonDeclared · division not named605
Jul 6Notice dateZeniMax Online StudiosZeniMax Online Studios200 International Circle Cockeysville, MD 21030Declared · studio named213
Jul 6Notice dateZeniMax Media Inc.ZeniMax Media1370 Piccard Drive Rockville, MD 21030Declared · division not named166
Jul 2ReceivedAmazonAmazonSeattle, Bellevue, WashingtonDeclared · division not named57
Jun 25ReceivedBungie, Inc/Sony Interactive EntertainmentBungieBellevue, WashingtonDeclared · studio named292
Jun 22Notice dateKeywords International Limited GroupKeywords StudiosSan Francisco County, CaliforniaDeclared · studio named128
Jun 10Notice dateUbisoftUbisoftSan Francisco County, CaliforniaDeclared · division not named93
Apr 23Notice dateEpic Games Inc. (Remote Employees in Los Angeles)Epic GamesSan Diego County, CaliforniaDeclared · studio named61
Apr 23Notice dateEpic Games Inc. (Remote Employees in San Francisco)Epic GamesSan Diego County, CaliforniaDeclared · studio named28
Apr 23Notice dateEpic Games Inc.Epic GamesSan Diego County, CaliforniaDeclared · studio named28
Apr 23Notice dateEpic Games Inc.Epic GamesMarin County, CaliforniaDeclared · studio named16
Apr 23Notice dateEpic Games Inc. (Remote Employees in El Segundo)Epic GamesSan Diego County, CaliforniaDeclared · studio named2
Apr 17First reportedIRON GALAXY STUDIOS LLCIron GalaxyChicago, IllinoisDeclared · studio named48
Mar 24ReceivedEpic Games, Inc.Epic GamesBellevue, WashingtonDeclared · studio named82
Feb 24Notice dateRiot GamesRiot GamesLos Angeles County, CaliforniaDeclared · studio named26
Feb 9Notice dateRiot GamesRiot GamesLos Angeles County, CaliforniaDeclared · studio named56
Jan 31Notice dateIntrepid Studios, Inc.Intrepid StudiosSan Diego County, CaliforniaDeclared · studio named123
Jan 30ReceivedAmazonAmazonVarious locations in WashingtonDeclared · division not named2,198
Jan 29Notice dateAmazonAmazonSanta Clara County, CaliforniaDeclared · division not named89
Jan 29Notice dateAmazonAmazonSanta Clara County, CaliforniaDeclared · division not named87
Jan 29Notice dateAmazonAmazonSanta Clara County, CaliforniaDeclared · division not named81
Jan 29Notice dateAmazonAmazonSanta Clara County, CaliforniaDeclared · division not named72
Jan 29Notice dateAmazonAmazonSanta Clara County, CaliforniaDeclared · division not named58
Jan 29Notice dateAmazonAmazonSanta Clara County, CaliforniaDeclared · division not named32
Jan 29Notice dateAmazonAmazonSanta Clara County, CaliforniaDeclared · division not named11
Jan 29Notice dateAmazonAmazonSanta Clara County, CaliforniaDeclared · division not named3
Jan 28ReceivedAmazonAmazonVarious locations in WashingtonDeclared · division not named401
Jan 28Notice dateAmazonAmazon1440 Broadway New York City, NY, 10018Declared · division not named135
Jan 2026PostedAmazonAmazonPassaic, Bergen, Monmouth, Hudson, Statewide, New JerseyDeclared · division not named871