Video Games Industry Lost 8,500 Jobs Since July

Independent market analyst Wanda Meloni reports that 8,450 video game industry professionals have lost their jobs since July 2008.

Seventy-five percent of the games workers laid off since mid-2008 are from North America; the rest are are in Europe and Asia.

The job losses represent a 12% cut in the gaming industry’s US workforce.

At least 13 prominent US game studios have shut down, including Microsoft’s ACES Studio, Ensemble Studio, and 3D Realms.