TECH - Tencent's Riot Games To Cut 11% Of Global Workforce Citing Unsustainable Costs | Benzinga
In a recent announcement, Tencent Holdings Ltd (OTC:TCEHY) subsidiary Riot Games revealed plans to lay off approximately 11% of its global workforce.
What Happened: Riot Games, the developer of popular titles like “League of Legends,” will be reducing its staff by 530 employees, Reuters reported on Monday. This decision is attributed to the company’s struggle to expand its audience amid high inflation.
CEO Dylan Jadeja acknowledged the need for a more focused approach, stating, “Today, we’re a company without a sharp enough focus, and simply put, we have too many things underway. Some of the significant investments we’ve made aren’t paying off the way we expected them to. Our costs have grown to the point where they’re unsustainable.”
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The layoffs will primarily affect teams outside of core development. Riot Games will also ...