Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
LayoffWARN notice filed with the Washington State Employment Security Department
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Affected Positions
Warner Bros. Discovery is laying off 131 employees at its WB Games studio in Kirkland (home of Monolith Productions) on April 26, 2025, cutting the full game-development stack from artists and designers through engineering and the VP Studio Head.
These positions account for 73 of the 131 workers reported to ESD. The filing does not give a position breakdown for the remainder, so this table is a partial view rather than the full layoff.
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| Position | Category | Seniority | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineers (Gameplay, Tools, Pipeline, Engine, Audio, incl. Senior, Lead, Principal) | Engineering | Individual contributor | 15 |
| Artists (Characters, World, Technical, Concept, Presentation — Senior/Advanced/Principal) | Design | Individual contributor | 14 |
| Designers (Combat, World, Missions, Technical — Senior/Lead/Principal, Manager Design) | Design | Individual contributor | 11 |
| Producers (incl. Senior, Technical) | Product | Individual contributor | 11 |
| Release / System Engineers & IT (Release Engineers, System Engineer, System Administrator, System/Network Technician, Manager IT) | Engineering | Individual contributor | 8 |
| QA (Senior Quality Assurance Analysts) | Engineering | Individual contributor | 5 |
| Audio & narrative (Senior Sound Designer, Senior Writers, Senior Animator Technical) | Design | Individual contributor | 4 |
| Managers (Art, Marketing Game Manager, People & Culture Partner, Senior Product Manager) | Other | Manager | 4 |
| VP, Studio Head | Other | Executive | 1 |
Positions extracted from the official notice document using AI; verify with the official ESD source record by employer and filing date.
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