A number of Warner Bros. Montréal builders are reporting that they’ve been laid off.
Whereas there’s been no formal affirmation of the cuts as but, a number of former WB builders from throughout all disciplines have introduced on LinkedIn that they are now searching for work. Most report they completed on Friday, thirteenth March.
If true, it aligns with feedback made by Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, who just lately mentioned that the deal underneath which Paramount outbid his agency for management of Warner Bros, together with its storied video games division, could be “depending on quite a lot of cost-cutting” (thanks, GamesIndustry.biz).
Warner Bros. has, after all, been scuffling with its video games business for a while. In its 2025 Q1 earnings report, the corporate reported a 48 % lower in video games income attributable to no new releases. This adopted the cancellation of a deliberate growth to Hogwarts Legacy; layoffs at Rocksteady after Suicide Squad flopped, the cancellation of Monolith Productions’ Surprise Lady recreation, and the shutdown of brawler Multiversus.
In its most up-to-date earnings report, Warner Bros. Discovery mentioned 2025 was a “vital” 12 months, however made little point out of its gaming enterprise past claims that it’s “rebuilding” its online game pipeline following its acquisition by Paramount Skydance. Its full Studios section – which incorporates gaming – noticed income tumble 14% year-on-year.
We have reached out to WB Video games for remark.
