{"id":718633,"date":"2026-03-24T17:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/epic-games-lays-off-over-1000-employees\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T17:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:45:11","slug":"epic-games-lays-off-over-1000-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/epic-games-lays-off-over-1000-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Games lays off over 1,000 employees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Epic Game<\/a>s has laid off over 1,000 employees, the company announced<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In a note, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeny said the layoffs are due to a significant drop in\u00a0Fortnite<\/em> engagement that began in 2025, which caused the company to spend more than it earns, adding that that \u2018over $500 million of identified cost savings in contracting, marketing, and closing some open roles\u2019 would help put the company in a more stable place.<\/p>\n

Here is the full note sent to employees today from Sweeny:<\/p>\n

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Today we\u2019re laying off over 1,000 Epic employees. I\u2019m sorry we\u2019re here again. The downturn in Fortnite<\/em> engagement that started in 2025 means we\u2019re spending significantly more than we\u2019re making, and we have to make major cuts to keep the company funded. This layoff, together with over $500 million of identified cost savings in contracting, marketing, and closing some open roles puts us in a more stable place.<\/p>\n

Some of the challenges we\u2019re facing are industry-wide challenges: slower growth, weaker spending, and tougher cost economics; current consoles selling less than last generation\u2019s; and games competing for time against other increasingly-engaging forms of entertainment.<\/p>\n

And some of our challenges are unique to Epic. Despite Fortnite<\/em> remaining one of the most successful games in the world, we\u2019ve had challenges delivering consistent Fortnite<\/em> magic with every season; we\u2019re only in the early stages of returning to mobile and optimizing Fortnite<\/em> for the world\u2019s billions of smartphones; and in being the industry\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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Since it\u2019s a thing now, I should note that the layoffs aren\u2019t related to AI. To the extent it improves productivity, we want to have as many awesome developers developing great content and tech as we can.<\/p>\n

What we now need to do is clear: build awesome Fortnite<\/em> experiences with fresh seasonal content, gameplay, story, and live events; accelerate developer tools with greater stability and capability as we evolve from Unreal Engine 5 and UEFN to Unreal Engine 6. And we\u2019ll be kicking off the next generation of Epic with huge launch plans towards the end of the year.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t our first time being here. Epic survived upheavals in 1990\u2019s with the move from 2D to 3D with Unreal 1<\/em>; in the 2000\u2019s building console games with Gears of War<\/em>; and in 2012 moving to online gaming with Paragon<\/em> and Fortnite<\/em>. Each time, we rebuilt our foundations and earned a renewed leadership position.<\/p>\n

Market conditions today are the most extreme we\u2019ve seen since those early days, with massive upheaval in the industry accompanied by massive opportunity for the companies that come out as winners on the other side. That\u2019s what we\u2019re aiming to do for our players, and we aim to bring other like-minded developers in the industry along on the journey to build an increasingly open and vibrant future of entertainment together.<\/p>\n

At Epic, we pride ourselves in only hiring the industry\u2019s best, so it is very painful to part with so many talented people. The folks impacted by the layoffs will receive a severance package that includes at least four months of base pay, with more based on tenure. We\u2019re also extending Epic-paid healthcare coverage.<\/p>\n

For example, in the U.S., they\u2019ll receive paid coverage for six months. We\u2019ll also accelerate their stock options vesting through January 2027 and extend equity exercise options for up to two years.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll have a company meeting Thursday to talk about the roadmap in more detail.<\/p>\n

\u2014Tim<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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