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Video Game Layoffs: 2026 Already Surpasses 2025

Video Game Layoffs: 2026 Already Surpasses 2025

Nearly 11,000 confirmed job cuts as of October 20, 2026 in the video game industry, compared to 9,200 for all of 2025: the threshold has been crossed before the year even ends. This figure, tracked by the ASGC Games Industry Layoffs Tracker, tells the story of an industry that cuts jobs faster than it closes its annual books, and raises a simple question for players: how many of the games announced this year will be delivered by the teams that designed them?

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Lumnix Editorial·November 3, 2026·3 min read