Larry Hryb, better known as Xbox hype man Major Nelson, has been laid off from Unity less than 2 years after joining the company

Nineteen months after joining Unity as its director of community and advocacy, Larry Hryb, who spent much of a 20 year career at Microsoft as Xbox hype man Major Nelson, has been laid off.

Hryb shared the news in a message on LinkedIn, writing, "I've always been transparent with this community, so I wanted to share that—like a lot of people in tech and gaming right now—I was laid off from Unity."

Layoffs are all too common in the videogame industry, and that's as true for engine-maker Unity as it is for anyone...