--- title: Riot Games confirms layoffs within publishing division description: Riot Games has laid off approximately 12 employees across three publishing teams, with a spokesperson confirming the cuts coincided with other small team-level... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/riot-games-confirms-layoffs-within-publishing-division-amuor6gej twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Riot Games confirms layoffs within publishing division | daily.dev og:description: Riot Games has laid off approximately 12 employees across three publishing teams, with a spokesperson confirming the cuts coincided with other small team-level... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/riot-games-confirms-layoffs-within-publishing-division-amuor6gej og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/amUoR6Gej.png og:image:alt: Riot Games confirms layoffs within publishing division og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Riot Games confirms layoffs within publishing division **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Riot Games has laid off approximately 12 employees across three publishing teams, with a spokesperson confirming the cuts coincided with other small team-level changes. This follows a separate round of layoffs two weeks prior, when around 80 members of the 2XKO development team were let go after the fighting game failed to attract a wide audience. Riot stated it will continue supporting 2XKO with a smaller, more focused team. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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