UPDATE: Humble Games has addressed the layoffs it made on Tuesday, denying the claims of it being a “total closure”.
ORIGINAL: Humble Games, the publisher under the Humble Bundle umbrella that is owned by IGN, has reportedly laid off its entire team. The news of the Humble Games layoffs first came via a social media post by Senior QA Emilee Kieffer.
“Another year, another lay off!” she said. “Today is my and my team’s last day at Humble Games.”
Polygon senior reporter Nicole Carpenter added that 36 people have been laid off in what appears to be a “total closure of the company.”
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Insider Gaming has contacted IGN Entertainment, which purchased Humble Bundle in 2017, and Ziff Davis for comment on the layoffs at Humble Games. As of publishing, no response has been received. It’s also unclear what the closure means for the future of Humble Bundle as a whole.
Over 11,000 people were laid off in the gaming industry in 2024 alone, and roughly 10,500 were laid off throughout 2023.
UPDATE – Humble has since offered a statement revealing that the company is not closing down, but restructuring.
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The corporate greed is out of control. Truly disgusting to see all these great development teams blown up in the name of shareholder windfalls.
My wife’s company did some “restructuring” like this. Canned a bunch of devs then replaced them with cheeper hires.