テンセントのライオットゲームズ、世界の従業員の11％を削減

Riot Games, owned by Tencent Holdings, announced that it will cut 530 jobs, or about 11% of its global workforce.

"Costs have increased to the point where they are unsustainable," CEO Dylan Jadeja told staff.

Los Angeles-based Riot said teams outside of core development would be most affected by the layoffs.

The online gaming company says it will focus on its portfolio of live games, including League of Legends, Valorant, Teamfight Tactics, and Wild Rift.

Riot Games is the latest company in the gaming industry to make layoffs.

Last year, Amazon and TikTok owner ByteDance announced cuts to their gaming divisions, while Fortnite maker Epic Games, Assassin's Creed developer Ubisoft and Pokemon Go creator Niantic all announced job cuts.

Job losses in this sector are partially due to the mass hiring that occurred early in the pandemic in 2020.

Riot Games acknowledged that it has "more than doubled its headcount" over the past few years.

As lockdowns were lifted around the world, sales began to slow. Additionally, customers are refraining from purchasing expensive titles or reducing the number of games they play due to high inflation.

That's despite gamers having many highly rated titles to choose from, including Baldur's Gate 3, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Spider-Man 2.

New releases in the ``Super Mario'' and ``Sonic the Hedgehog'' series have also received high praise, while unexpected hits such as ``Sea of ​​​​Stars,'' ``Hi-Fi Rush,'' and ``Dave the Diver'' have also been received. there was.
However, in announcing the layoffs, Jadeja said: "Right now we are a company that is not focused enough and, simply put, has too much going on." Riot has stopped developing new games under Riot Forge and plans to remove some features from Legends of Runeterra due to the game not performing as well as expected. Tencent bought a majority stake in Riot Games in 2011, but also owns a stake in Epic Games.