Won the wrong lottery today. I was also impacted by this. What an amazing team we were still building though, these last few months had been truly special 🫡
Hey y'all... Ya so I got laid off too from Fortnite Festival. All I've ever wanted to do was make cool games for people that help them feel a little bit better or happier in their day... It's so sad that it's this hard to do just that.
Unfortunately I was affected by the layoffs today. This is a lot to process for me so I will take it easy for the rest of the week while I think of next moves. Sigh I weep for this industry.
I was laid off today after 2 years Epic Games.
If you enjoyed the maps in C7S2 or C6S3, The Simpsons mini-season map, or IP collabs like KPOP Demon Hunters, Superman, South Park, Doja Cat, and more, I was the Lead Environment Art and/or Environment Concept Producer for them.
Rough news, to say the least.
My position was not impacted, but many of my incredibly talented coworkers, colleagues and friends were.
There is nothing to say beyond my heart is breaking, and that I will be signal boosting as many of those as I can personally vouch for.
mind you this is literally the guy that created replay mode. without him fortography wouldn’t exist, neither would your ability to see what went wrong in your match. that’s only like 1% of what he’s done for fortnite too
EPIC GAMES IS SO COOKED TF IS GOING ON
1. Vbucks Prices Increase
2. Lay off 1000+ Epic employees
3. Shut Down: Ballistic, Festival BS and Rocket Racing
THE BILLS CANT BE THAT HIGH
Nine and a half years later, and my time with Psyonix and Epic has come to an end. ⚽🏎️
Thanks to those who have reached out already ❤️ Don't worry, I'll be ok. I'm going to enjoy some well-deserved downtime for now.