{"id":34768,"date":"2026-02-10T04:46:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T04:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bondahx.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/riot-games-is-laying-off-half-of-the-2xko-development-team\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T04:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T04:46:22","slug":"riot-games-is-laying-off-half-of-the-2xko-development-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bondahx.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/riot-games-is-laying-off-half-of-the-2xko-development-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Riot Games is laying off half of the 2XKO development team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Another day, another wave of gaming layoffs. Today it&#8217;s Riot Games with the <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.riotgames.com\/en\/news\/an-update-on-2xko\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:announcement;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;announcement&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">announcement<\/a> that it&#8217;s cutting jobs on its pair-based fighting game <em>2XKO<\/em>. For context, a representative from Riot <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamedeveloper.com\/business\/riot-games-lays-off-roughly-80-employees-from-2xko-team\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:confirmed;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;confirmed&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">confirmed<\/a> to <em>Game Developer<\/em> that about 80 people are being cut, or roughly half of 2XKO&#8217;s global development team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">&#8220;As we expanded from PC to console, we saw consistent trends in how players were engaging with <em>2XKO<\/em>,&#8221; according to the blog post from executive producer Tom Cannon. &#8220;The game has resonated with a passionate core audience, but overall momentum hasn\u2019t reached the level needed to support a team of this size long term.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The console launch for <em>2XKO<\/em> happened <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/riot-games-2xko-will-hit-consoles-on-january-20-185627826.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:last month;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;last month&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">last month<\/a>. Cannon said the company&#8217;s plans for its 2026 competitive season have not altered with the layoffs. He added that Riot will attempt to place the impacted people at new positions within the company where possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/riot-games-is-laying-off-half-of-the-2xko-development-team-215423279.html?src=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another day, another wave of gaming layoffs. 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