Epic Games lays off 830 staff, citing ‘unrealistic’ metaverse ambitions

Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite, has slashed 16% of its workforce — approximately 830 staff — after unrealistic expectations of metaverse-inspired revenue caused it to spend “way more” money than it had been earning. “We concluded that layoffs are the only way and that doing them now and…

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