Update: An employee impacted by the layoffs told GamesIndustry.biz that 30 people were terminated at 8am this morning via email, and were immediately cut off from Slack and their Gamurs Group email accounts.
The email detailed the reason for the layoffs, which cited “unprecedented shifts” in the industry, specifically relating to Google’s Helpful Content update in 2023 and “the decline in Google search and Discover traffic across all sites.”
GamesIndustry.biz has also seen screenshots of a message from Gamurs Group CEO Riad Chikhani and CCO Kevin Morris sent in the HR Slack channel, which said the layoffs “represent a significant but important restructuring of the business and [its] current priorities.”
It also stated that Gamurs Group would be “changing [its] pay structure for freelance writers to better reflect the value of longer, more in-depth work.”
Original story: Gamurs Group’s various publications have reportedly been impacted by another round of layoffs, with an unknown number of staff affected.
Former employees shared the news on social media and claimed the redundancies were made via email and were effective immediately.
Those affected include Dot Esports gaming editor Vic Hood, Dot Esports Australian managing editor Isaac McIntyre, Twinfinite managing editor Tom Hopkins, Destructoid staff writer Jamie Sharp, and PC Invasion senior staff writer Diego Perez.
GamesIndustry.biz has reached out to Gamurs Group for comment.
Gamurs Group previously made redundancies in July, with teams from the above publications also seemingly affected. Several employees also left The Escapist last November following the firing of editor-in-chief Nick Calandra.
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