{"id":99481,"date":"2026-03-25T06:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T06:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/fortnite-maker-epic-games-lays-off-more-than-1000-employees-ceo-says-sorry\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T06:38:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T06:38:21","slug":"fortnite-maker-epic-games-lays-off-more-than-1000-employees-ceo-says-sorry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/fortnite-maker-epic-games-lays-off-more-than-1000-employees-ceo-says-sorry\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite maker Epic Games lays off more than 1,000 employees, CEO says \u2018sorry\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Epic Games is laying off over 1,000 employees due to financial struggles, with CEO Tim Sweeney citing a significant spending imbalance and a downturn in Fortnite engagement since 2025.  These cuts, aimed at improving productivity and financial stability, are not related to AI advancements.  The company is implementing cost-saving measures to secure its future.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epic Games is laying off over 1,000 employees due to financial struggles, with CEO Tim Sweeney citing a significant spending imbalance and a downturn in Fortnite engagement since 2025. These cuts, aimed at improving productivity and financial stability, are not related to AI advancements. The company is implementing cost-saving measures to secure its future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":99482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99481"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}