{"id":153833,"date":"2022-12-10T14:38:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T14:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ign-lays-off-some-staffers-shortly-before-the-game-awards\/"},"modified":"2022-12-10T14:38:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T14:38:01","slug":"ign-lays-off-some-staffers-shortly-before-the-game-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ign-lays-off-some-staffers-shortly-before-the-game-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"IGN Lays Off Some Staffers Shortly Before The Game Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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IGN<\/em>the biggest gaming news outlet in the world, laid off multiple staff members today, according to tweets<\/a><\/span> from current<\/a><\/span> and former<\/a><\/span> staffers. <\/p>\n

Kotaku<\/em> was able to confirm from a current IGN <\/em>employee that at least 10 people were let go, three of whom were from engineering. GamesIndustry.biz<\/em><\/span> reported that these cuts across content, engineering, and ad sales are part of a larger \u201crestructuring\u201d across Ziff Davis, the digital media company that owns IGN<\/em>. <\/p>\n

It’s ghastly that people are losing their jobs literally weeks before the winter holidays. But even from a cold business standpoint, it seems odd to lay off staff right before one of the biggest industry events of the year. Covering The Game Awards is already a Herculean task. I imagine that it’s much harder shortly after a newsroom loses multiple colleagues. <\/p>\n

Kotaku<\/em> reached out to IGN<\/em> for comment about the extent of the layoffs, but did not receive a response by the time of publication.<\/p>\n

The layoffs came unexpectedly, according to one video producer who lost his job. \u201cI feel especially stupid because I was working on Next Gen Console Watch<\/em> until 2 am yesterday, working to make sure nothing slipped through the cracks like art reqs or anything.\u201d tweeted Alan Torres<\/a><\/span>. Next Gen Console Watch<\/em> work moment IGN<\/em> video series in which guests discuss news and rumors about the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X\/S. <\/p>\n

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2022 has been an awful year for media layoffs. Gaming news website polygon<\/em> was among the Vox Media properties<\/span> affected by layoffs this summer. Gaming talk show G4<\/em> one dozens of job cuts<\/span> on September 14. A day later, Tencent fired several fanbyte <\/em>employees<\/span>including members of its senior editorial leadership. <\/p>\n

Digital media has always been an unstable industry, but record inflation and economic uncertainty likely haven’t helped matters. The last widely reported layoffs that occurred at Ziff Davis (IGN<\/em>‘s parent company) occurred in 2013<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n