Riot Games Layoffs 2025. Riot games’ marc merrill announced the layoffs, and spokesperson joe hixson shared the number affected with the verge. Game developer and esports company riot games has announced a round of layoffs that will affect around 11% of its total workforce with 530 global roles being terminated.

We’re making adjustments to some of our r&d efforts across games, esports, and entertainment. At the top of 2024, riot laid off 530 employees, saying at the time it made big bets in recent years that failed to pay off.