Gaming startup Rec Room, known for its cross-platform social app where players can build and share games and experiences, announced a sweeping personnel reduction. A Worker Adjustment and Retraining ...

Social VR platform Rec Room announced it’s laying off around half of its staff, citing low-level content which has flooded the platform from users on mobile and console. Founded in 2016, the studio ...

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A major round of layoffs at Rec Room impacted 141 employees at the Seattle-based startup according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filing on Wednesday from the Washington State ...

Seattle-based startup Rec Room, once valued at $3.5 billion, is laying off about half of its staff in a sweeping restructuring. Co-founders Cameron Brown and Nick Fajt announced the layoffs Monday in ...

Founded in 2016 and based in Seattle, Rec Room has become a breakout social gaming and creation platform, known for its cross-device play and tools that enable users to build worlds, games, and ...

"Roughly half" of the team at social gaming platform Rec Room has been laid off. CCO Cameron Brown said he and co-founder and CEO Nick Fajt had "made the difficult decision to lay off roughly half the ...