The creator of the Fortnite online video game announced Tuesday it is laying off 1,000 employees, citing a decrease in the amount of time people are playing the game.

Yesterday, it was announced that Fortnite developer Epic Games is laying off over 1,000 employees, and it's now come to light that one of those affected is the character art director who created the model for Jonesy,

Fortnite has added skins of fan-favorite Game of Thrones characters Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, and the Night King.

Huge cuts announced this week show that truly no developer working in games is safe from corporate whims

Following the news that Fortnite is shutting down three of its game modes, Epic Games has received an offer to help save Ballistic.

Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Officer Josh D’Amaro hasn’t even been been in his new job for one week and he’s already seen two, billion-dollar technology bets falter —- with one of them unraveling entirely.

Rocket Racing, Ballistic, and Festival Battle Stage will all go offline by the end of the year. Epic Games announced the decision in a statement. “We've built a lot of Fortnite modes, and in some cases we failed to build something awesome enough to attract and retain a large player base,