GDC's State of the Games Industry survey says one in 10 respondents laid off in 2024

According to GDC’s survey, not only did one in ten developers report having been laid off directly, 41 percent of respondents said they’d felt the impact of layoffs in some way.

GDC also questioned respondents on average working hours, with 57 percent saying they worked 40 hours or less a week.

Elsewhere, unionisation remains a talking point, with one-fifth of respondents saying they’d discussed unionising over the past 12 months.