Epic Games Lays Off 830 Employees, Closes Bellevue Studio Amid Fortnite Revenue Changes

Epic Games, creator of Fortnite, is laying off around 16% of its workforce totaling 830 employees.

39 employees will be laid off from the Bellevue, Washington office, which had around 80 employees in 2020.

Layoffs resulted from overspending and changes to Fortnite revenue with creator content and revenue sharing.

Layoffs focused on non-core game development teams and are not expected to impact game development.

Epic Games first opened a studio in Washington in 2012 and acquired Kirkland software developer RAD Game Tools in 2021.