{"id":36069,"date":"2023-09-28T17:05:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T16:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/epic-games-cutting-870-jobs-16-percent-of-its-workforce\/"},"modified":"2023-09-28T17:05:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T16:05:29","slug":"epic-games-cutting-870-jobs-16-percent-of-its-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/epic-games-cutting-870-jobs-16-percent-of-its-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Games Cutting 870 Jobs, 16 Percent Of Its Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Epic Games Inc., the company behind global megahit Fortnite, the Epic Games Store, and the wildly popular Unreal Engine, is laying off 16 percent of its current workforce. This report, <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-09-28\/epic-games-is-cutting-about-900-jobs-or-16-of-staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first coming from Bloomberg\u2019s Jason Schreier<\/a>, sees almost 900 employees losing their jobs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/epic-games-store-fortnite-unreal-engine-layoffs-1850882501\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epic Games Inc., the company behind global megahit Fortnite, the Epic Games Store, and the wildly popular Unreal Engine, is laying off 16 percent of its current workforce. This report, first coming from Bloomberg\u2019s Jason Schreier, sees almost 900 employees losing their jobs. 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