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Skydance Games Layoffs Hit Following Warner Bros. Merger

Skydance Games has undergone a round of layoffs just over a month after the landmark merger between Warner Bros. and Paramount. On Oct. 6, the Skydance-owned Paramount Games Studio was combined with Warner Bros. Games‘ internal video game developers, including Avalanche Software (the makers of “Hogwarts Legacy”)…

Covered by 2 sources from United States. First reported by Variety ·

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  1. VarietyUnited StatesFirst report

    Skydance Games Layoffs Hit Following Warner Bros. Merger

    Skydance Games has undergone a round of layoffs just over a month after the landmark merger between Warner Bros. and Paramount. On Oct. 6, the Skydance-owned Paramount Games Studio was combined with Warner Bros. Games‘ internal video game developers, including Avalanche Software (the makers of “Hogwarts Legacy”)…

    · CNN Sees Some Staff Buyouts Under Skydance Merger Plan

    · Skydance Q3 Profit Powered By Studios, Streaming

  2. DeadlineUnited States

    Skydance Floats First Earnings Report As Hollywood Mega-Studio: Sizing Up The New Empire

    Skydance’s highly anticipated Q3 earnings hit today, its first quarterly report since clinching the $81-billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Oct. 6. The numbers show $73 billion in net income on revenue of about $7 billion for Paramount Skydance alone. Since the merger didn’t close until the current fourth…

Coverage details

2 outlets from United States are covering this story: Variety and Deadline. Variety published it first, on November 9, 2026; the last outlet to join was Deadline, one hour later.

Key names in the coverage: Warner Bros, Paramount, Oct and Skydance.

In total 4 articles have been published, because some outlets updated the story several times.

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