Fortnite Developer Epic Games Lays Off 1000 Employees, Blaming 'Downturn in Engagement'

Fortnite developer Epic Games has announced it is laying disconnected 1000 staff, owed to a "downturn successful engagement" successful its evergreen conflict royale.

In a connection to unit shared publically this morning, Epic Games brag Tim Sweeney said the institution was "spending importantly much than we're making", meaning that it present needed to marque "major cuts to support the institution funded."

The quality comes conscionable a week aft the motorboat of Fortnite's highly-anticipated caller conflict royale season, and 2 weeks aft the institution controversially raised the terms of the game's lucrative V-Bucks in-game currency, prompting a immense backlash from players.

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