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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Vicky Jessop

When even PlayStation is laying off staff, what hope is there for the rest of the gaming industry?

People working in gaming must feel like they’re living through the end times right now. Over the past few months, cuts have torn through the industry: every week, another announcement of layoffs, from Riot, EA, Twitch and even Xbox.

And then, last week, more bad news: PlayStation announced it was cutting 900 jobs worldwide and completely shuttering (i.e. closing) its London offices. That’s about 8 per cent of its entire workforce – 8 per cent!

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