April 17, 2026
Weak job security risks an industry brain drain | Opinion
We talk a lot about the major challenges that the games business currently faces due to external economic factors, from fears of a consumer-spending-led recession through to price rises driven by component scarcity . That focus can sometimes overshadow other looming challenges – none of which, I would argue, is more potentially damaging and destabilising than the long-term impacts on industry staffing as a resu...
We talk a lot about the major challenges that the games business currently faces due to external economic factors, from fears of a consumer-spending-led recession through to price rises driven by component scarcity . That focus can sometimes overshadow other looming challenges – none of which, I would argue, is more potentially damaging and destabilising than the long-term impacts on industry staffing as a result of the past few years of massive layoffs . Read more
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