Autodesk lays off 1,350 staff
So why is the Maya and 3ds Max developer culling 9% of its global workforce when revenue is actually going up across the business?
Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
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Unity Create head Marc Whitten to resign
Exec responsible for the open letter apologizing for the controversial Runtime Fee policy is to step down from the game engine firm in June.
Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
Unity discontinues the Ziva products
Unity ends sales of Maya tissue simulation plugin Ziva VFX, real-time toolset Ziva RT, and facial-rigging service Ziva Face Trainer.
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
Unity to lay off 25% of its staff
Firm to cut approximately 1,800 jobs in a bid to refocus on its core game engine and game tools business.
Tuesday, January 9th, 2024
Unity ends services agreement with Wētā FX: 265 staff laid off
Firms to end deal struck in 2021 when Unity acquired Weta Digital's in-house VFX technology and engineering staff.
Wednesday, November 29th, 2023
Epic Games lays off 16% of its employees, sells Bandcamp
But the firm 'continues to invest' in Unreal Engine, MetaHuman, Megascans, Twinmotion and RealityCapture, despite 830 job cuts.
Friday, September 29th, 2023
Unity is laying off around 4% of its staff
Firm sheds around 200 of the staff gained in its billion-dollar spending spree since going public in 2020.
Friday, July 1st, 2022
Autodesk to lay off a further 13% of its workforce
Cuts to be made by cancellation of entire projects rather than trimming product teams across the board.
Thursday, November 30th, 2017
Autodesk lays off 925 staff
Around 10% of the workforce to go as the company moves from perpetual software licences to a rental-only model.
Friday, February 5th, 2016
Why the visual effects business is failing
Tax breaks partly - but only partly - to blame for recent layoffs, says Digital Domain co-founder Scott Ross.
Monday, February 11th, 2013
Digital Domain files for bankruptcy
Legendary effects house sells out to private investment firm; looking to secure jobs of LA-based staff.
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
Autodesk denies intent to kill off 3ds Max, Softimage
Both teams affected, but end of life rumours "totally false". Updated with further commentary from Autodesk.
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
Autodesk lays off 500 staff
Developer cuts just under 7% of its work force, but continues to recruit for cloud and mobile services.
Sunday, August 26th, 2012