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Video Games Industry Lost 8,500 Jobs Since July
By Erik Even | Dated: 05-11-2009
Independent market analyst Wanda Meloni reports that 8,450 video game industry professionals have lost their jobs since July 2008.Seventy-five percent of the games workers laid off since mid-2008 are from North America; the rest are are in Europe and Asia.
The job losses represent a 12% cut in the gaming industry’s US workforce.
At least 13 prominent US game studios have shut down, including Microsoft’s ACES Studio, Ensemble Studio, and 3D Realms.
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