One third of US games industry workers were laid off in the last 2 years, GDC survey says

The organizers of GDC have released its 2026 State of the Game Industry Report, detailing the results of its annual self-reported survey of games industry professionals. The data provided by over 2,300 respondents offered a grim image of industry layoffs, as 28% of surveyed games industry workers reported that they had been laid off in the past two years.

That percentage was even higher in the United States, where 33% of respondents said they'd been laid off during the same period.

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