Mass layoffs hit Square Enix hours after it shares plans to have AI handle "70%" of its quality assurance and debugging soon

‘Final Fantasy’ Maker Square Enix Confirms Layoffs as AI Takes Over Game Development

Square Enix says it plans to have generative AI handle 70% of QA and debugging work, slashing more jobs as it embraces automation. Source link

Is Square Enix Preparing for Significant Layoffs in the West?

Because of its reliance on artificial intelligence, the Japanese company may have to significantly reduce its employee numbers.   According to VGC, Square Enix is cutting staff across nearly all areas of its Western offices, affecting employees in Europe and the United States. Sources say as many as 140 employees at the company’s London office alone have been told to prepare for redundancy. The news was shared on an internal video call as part o…

Square Enix lays off hundreds of workers, telling investors it’ll divert 70% of QA work to AI

Why let skilled quality assurance workers make sure game code is functional when an investment in AI can botch the work? That would appear to be the push by Square Enix, as it has told investors in a “medium-term business plan” presentation that it’s aiming to have QA work done by AI in the future, […]

Square Enix is facing layoffs across the UK and the US

On the same day that Rockstar delayed Grand Theft Auto VI and Skydance pushed Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, {Square Enix} had its own fair share of misery to dish out to video game fans around the world. The Japanese company began by revealing that quality assurance and debugging should mostly be the job of artificial intelligence, and with that no doubt meaning human jobs are at risk, the company revealed that it is going through layoffs... As p…