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A survey of 3,000+ game developers: 11% were laid off in the past year, 58% back unionization, 30% say generative AI negatively impacts the industry, and more

The 2025 GDC survey revealed the impact of industry-wide layoffs in 2024 where one of every 11 game developers lost a job.

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    2025 GDC State of the Game Industry report
  • @deantak Dean Takahashi on x
    These are some very tough numbers. But it is a much-appreciated trove of data from GDC on the state of gaming.
  • r/gamingnews r on reddit
    GDC's annual State of the Game Industry survey reveals 1/3 of ‘triple-A developers’ are working on live service games
  • r/pcgaming r on reddit
    GDC's annual State of the Game Industry survey reveals 1/3 of ‘triple-A developers’ are working on live service games