Fortnite developer Epic Games has announced it is laying off 1000 staff, due to a "downturn in engagement" in its evergreen battle royale.
In a message to staff shared publicly this morning, Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney said the company was "spending significantly more than we're making", meaning that it now needed to make "major cuts to keep the company funded."
The news comes just a week after the launch of Fortnite's highly-anticipated new battle royale season, and two weeks after the company controversially raised the price of the game's lucrative V-Bucks in-game currency, prompting a huge backlash from players.
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