--- title: Skydance announces layoffs to games division following... description: Skydance has cut an undisclosed number of jobs in its games division following last month's $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. A... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/skydance-announces-layoffs-to-games-division-following-111bn-merger-eb060pqba twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Skydance announces layoffs to games division following $111bn merger | daily.dev og:description: Skydance has cut an undisclosed number of jobs in its games division following last month's $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. A... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/skydance-announces-layoffs-to-games-division-following-111bn-merger-eb060pqba og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Eb060PqBa.png og:image:alt: Skydance announces layoffs to games division following $111bn merger 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. # Skydance announces layoffs to games division following $111bn merger **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Skydance has cut an undisclosed number of jobs in its games division following last month's $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. A company spokesperson said it is reorganizing across parts of the business after deciding to scale down some projects. Kotaku and Insider Gaming report around 30 positions may be affected. One of those affected is associate design director David Ballard, who announced his departure on LinkedIn after almost 4.5 years. Paramount Games Studio, led by EVP Dan Brigg, later merged with WB Games under Tony Driscoll. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many people were laid off at Skydance's games division after the Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger? Approximately 30 positions may be affected, according to Kotaku and Insider Gaming. The cuts followed the $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, with a Skydance spokesperson saying the company decided to 'scale down some of our projects' after reviewing where it invests its efforts. Associate design director David Ballard was among those let go after nearly 4.5 years. _Anyone tracking consolidation fallout in gaming can follow layoff reports like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Paramount Games Studio and WB Games merge under Skydance following completion of $111bn acquisition](https://daily.dev/posts/paramount-games-studio-and-wb-games-merge-under-skydance-following-completion-of-111bn-acquisition-9betdjhsh) · GamesIndustry.biz · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick named to new Skydance board](https://daily.dev/posts/former-activision-ceo-bobby-kotick-named-to-new-skydance-board-q7m3bu6d1) · Game Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Paramount closes Warner Bros deal as Skydance and plans a single streamer](https://daily.dev/posts/paramount-closes-warner-bros-deal-as-skydance-and-plans-a-single-streamer-t0grlmgbu) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Warner Bros Montréal reportedly hit with staff cuts](https://daily.dev/posts/warner-bros-montr-al-reportedly-hit-with-staff-cuts-vjt371wv6) · GamesIndustry.biz · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#business](https://daily.dev/tags/business), [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/skydance-announces-layoffs-to-games-division-following-111bn-merger-eb060pqba) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Skydance announces layoffs to games division following $111bn merger","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/skydance-announces-layoffs-to-games-division-following-111bn-merger-eb060pqba","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/skydance-announces-layoffs-to-games-division-following-111bn-merger-eb060pqba"},"datePublished":"2026-11-10T10:39:11.108Z","dateModified":"2026-11-10T10:40:31.147Z","description":"Skydance has cut an undisclosed number of jobs in its games division following last month's $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. 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