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• @fortnitestatus @fortnitestatus on x

  Rocket Racing, Ballistic, and Festival Battle Stage Going Offline

• @evankinney @evankinney on x

  guess who got laid off today! 🫠 i am genuinely so confused and bewildered like, i spent the past week debugging the rivalry system while recovering from pneumonia and just in the past few days i've had multiple directors tell me how much they appreciate everything i do

• @georgesokol George Sokol on x

  Sadly I was impacted by todays layoffs at Epic. Still processing as I just found out like 20 minutes ago. Probably going to jump straight into the job hunt... if anybody has any leads for Environment Art roles I would greatly appreciate it.

• @thesteviet Stephen Thompson on x

  Unfortunately, my role was impacted. 7 years on Fortnite now wrapped up. Lots of good people looking for new jobs today. If you know of any that fit my skillset, please let me know

• @scyanyt @scyanyt on x

  All the damage Tim Sweeney has done to Fortnite: - Cause Donald Mustard to leave - Take all storyline resources to focus it on “Metaverse” - Putting more focus on collabs - laying off 900 employees cause “epic losing too much money” - meanwhile: . Waste billions fighting apple [i…

• @theotherfrost @theotherfrost on x

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• @blortzen @blortzen on x

  When will @TimSweeneyEpic notice their metaverse ideal dream is just a fake dream for shareholders that wont last? Look at all other metaverses, you are trying to be roblox when you cant even hold your own company together Keep giving slop UEFN maps money to fill that hopeless

• @toby2_0 Toby Sperring on x

  My job is safe, but so many incredibly talented people were let go - including some of my close friends. What the hell is wrong with this industry

• @stableronaldo Stable Ronaldo on x

  Epic games and Fortnite is going to completely die off when GTA 6 drops. You can say I'm a hater but every day they're striving into a shittier direction and losing the core community of what made Fortnite special to begin with Stop trying to be a new Roblox. It's Sad

• @fnbrwatch @fnbrwatch on x

  Fortnite is dead.

• @kiaran_ritchie Kiaran Ritchie on x

  I was not impacted by today's layoffs at Epic Games. My condolences to anyone who was. We're locked out of Slack so I don't know who all is affected. My DMs are open if you need anything.

• @lifewpanda @lifewpanda on x

  Just to be clear, the game ran because of this guy. Without him, I don't know what they are gonna do...

• @kraiglooney Looney on x

  Nearly 2,000 layoffs in less than 3 years and not a single person from the leadership team has been affected or voluntarily stepped out. These outcomes are their failure and their failure alone.

• @synaesthesiajp JP Kellams on x

  I was impacted by today's layoffs at Epic. Truly came out of nowhere for me. Right before my birthday, too. I really liked Epic. Really liked the teams. Really liked what we were doing in music. So it's all a shock. Time to breathe for a minute. Then onward and upward.

• @thekirkster1088 Pronoun Master Kirk on x

  You guys don't understand Evan was the fucking Lebron of the epic dev team This game is so ass

• @itsqueazy @itsqueazy on x

  You people are pathetic and I cannot believe I call you my job.

• @teko187 Tommy Evanko on x

  If anyone has any leads, let me know 🫡

• @kylethewynner Kyle Wynn on x

  Still employed but holy shit this industry is in a rough state.

• @kaizoslop Kaizo on x

  man fuck you lol @TimSweeneyEpic. using the exact same bullshit excuse for laying off 2000~ of your employees in recent years. you let these people take the blow for your horrible, mindless decisions you make at this company. fuck you and every higher-up at this cynical company […

• @keshavbhat Keshav on x

  > raise the price of V-Bucks to “help cover the cost of operating Fortnite” > lay off 1,000 employees .....

• @polaqwym @polaqwym on x

  epic laying off thousands of people but it's okay because the uefn creators can get a million more dollars for their brainrot games today

• @jakesucky Jake Lucky on x

  It stems from a downturn in Fortnite engagement starting in 2025, with Epic spending more money than they are making Laid off employees will receive at least 4 months of severance and a range of other benefits https://www.epicgames.com/...

• @jakesucky Jake Lucky on x

  Epic Games has laid off 1,000 employees today [image]

• @wensoing @wensoing on x

  okay so it's not insane to say that Fortnite will die soon lol

• @apollofnlore Apollo on x

  - a thousand employees laid off - 3 modes getting removed - vbucks prices recently increased to “pay the bills” wtf is going on

• @bnwkr Ben on x

  At some point you have to argue that maybe spending hundreds of millions on a store that no one uses and giving 40% of your entire revenue to UGC map makers every month might actually not be smart

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky

  Epic Games is laying off 1,000 people, and it's strangely refreshing to see it explicitly stated this isn't due to AI.  —  The problem is Fortnite engagement has dropped so much they're losing money.  —  Challenges are industry-wide: slower growth, weaker spending, lower console …

• @ultamaynard @ultamaynard on bluesky

  “and in being the industry's vanguard we have taken a lot of bullets in a battle which is only in the early days of paying off for ourselves and all developers.”  —  An insulting piece of writing.  Millions wasted on ego stroking lawsuits, and he has the gall to say this.  —  #ga…

• @bentaels.taels.net Ben Taels on bluesky

  Absolutely devastating to wake up to news of another layoff at Epic Games.  —  So many wonderful and truly amazing people impacted.  —  Just awful.  —  www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/ n...

• @steinmakesgames @steinmakesgames on bluesky

  📰 Epic Games fires >1000 game developers, estimated to be around 1/4 of the Epic workforce.  —  www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/ n...  #gamedev #gamesindustry #epic

• @eighthdayarts @eighthdayarts on bluesky

  All but 2 of the tech startups I've written for operate this way.  —  Reminds me of the Hollywood indie production companies that skimmed millions off the top of foreign film funds.  Bled a country dry before moving on to next.  —  Grifters all.  [embedded post]

• @jamesbjones.com James B. Jones on bluesky

  “... in being the industry's vanguard we have taken a lot of bullets in a battle which is only in the early days of paying off for ourselves and all developers.”  —  Bitch, you cut a trailer to announce a lawsuit - a lawsuit that, between 2023 and 2026, have cost 1,800+ people th…

• @jasonschreier Jason Schreier on bluesky

  Epic Games is giving laid-off staff at least four months of severance, which is significantly above average for a US company.  During normal times, that'd be a healthy cushion.  But in this climate for the video-game industry it can take *at least* a year for someone to find full…

• @theeldermemes @theeldermemes on bluesky

  1000 workers have been laid off at Epic this morning  —  I will never forgive CEOs and shareholders for turning the gaming industry into what it has become

• @kenney@mastodon.gamedev.place Kenney on mastodon

  Sad to see.  I haven't played Fornite but it's obvious that there's talented people working on that, I really dig the visual style and would prefer that over anything realistic any day of the week.  I hope they'll find new jobs really soon, they deserve it.  —  https://www.epicga…

• @gamingonlinux@mastodon.social @gamingonlinux@mastodon.social on mastodon

  God damn, Epic lays off 1000+ people  —  https://www.epicgames.com/...

• @Knoebel@mastodon.social Knoebel on mastodon

  Epic Games has laid off over 1000 people.  —  “The downturn in Fortnite engagement that started in 2025 means we're spending significantly more than we're making, and we have to make major cuts to keep the company funded.”  —  https://www.epicgames.com/...  [image]

• r/nintendogrifting r on reddit

  But Nintendo is the company responsible for “ruining the gaming industry” 🙄

• r/Fortnite_Over40 r on reddit

  Ballistic and Festival Battle Stage to end next month; Rocket Racing to end in October

• r/RocketLeagueEsports r on reddit

  Epic Games Cuts About 1,000 Jobs

• r/RocketLeague r on reddit

  Epic announces 1,000 person layoff

• r/fuckepic r on reddit

  Official statement from Epic regarding the layoffs

• r/raleigh r on reddit

  Epic Games, based out of Cary, announced over 1000 layoffs today

• r/PS5 r on reddit

  Epic Games on layoff of over 1000 employees: “The downturn in Fortnite engagement that started in 2025 means we're spending significantly more than we're making …

• r/pcgaming r on reddit

  Today's layoffs - Epic Games

• Gameranx Ryan Parreno on x

  Epic Games Lays Off 1000, Closes Rocket Racing & Other Fortnite Experiences Because Of Downturn In Engagement

• r/KotakuInAction r on reddit

  Epic Games lays off over 1000 employees due to declining Fortnite engagement

• r/cary r on reddit

  Epic Games lays off over 1000 employees: “The downturn in Fortnite engagement that started in 2025 means we're spending significantly more than we're making …

• r/shittygamedetails r on reddit

  Did you know that according to Tim Sweeny from Epic Games, he is sorry we're here again?  This is to indicate that he's laying off another thousand people.

• r/GearsOfWar r on reddit

  Today's layoffs (previous ip holder for Gears of War, many gears staff still worked at Epic)