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Schell Games lays off 'a large portion' of its team, its second round of cuts this year

According to a post on X by @UploadVR, VR studio Schell Games cut a large share of its staff, its second round of layoffs this year. The post, which relays a UploadVR report, says the cuts ran in two pulses while the studio works on Dragon Grove for Quest 3. The post describes the layoffs as adding to the strain on VR game studios. The source snippet gives no figures on how many jobs were affected.

Source: Scobleizer News Pulse (X) · x.com Found via Robert Scoble’s Scobleizer News Pulse · a post on X, not independently verified Published 2026-11-01T01:25:00+00:00 Detected 2026-11-01T05:32:18+00:00
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According to a post on X by @UploadVR, VR studio Schell Games cut a large share of its staff, its second round of layoffs this year. The post, which relays a UploadVR report, says the cuts ran in two pulses while the studio works on Dragon Grove for Quest 3. The post describes the layoffs as adding to the strain on VR game studios. The source snippet gives no figures on how many jobs were affected.

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UploadVR reports the maker of I Expect You To Die cut a large share of its staff today, its second round of layoffs this year, while it works on Dragon Grove for Quest 3. It ran in two pulses and adds to the strain on VR game studios, on the same evening a report said Samsung's coming glasses may skip Europe at...

For VR developers and players, the cuts point to continued financial pressure on studios building Quest games, even while projects like Dragon Grove remain in development. Workers and investors in similar studios may read it as a sign of how tight the market is. Watch for any statement from Schell Games on whether Dragon Grove's schedule or scope changes.

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