Highlights
- Warner Bros. Games eliminated roles at its San Francisco studio, impacting digital publishing and mobile teams.
- Employees confirmed the layoffs on LinkedIn, with some teams fully cut by December 2025.
- The cuts follow broader 2025 restructuring, including studio closures and a proposed Netflix acquisition.
Warner Bros. Games has eliminated roles at its San Francisco studio, impacting teams within its Digital Publishing division and mobile development operations, according to a report by Game Developer. Employees affected by the cuts indicated the layoffs took effect at the end of December 2025. The studio has worked on several mobile titles, including DC Worlds Collide.
Several senior employees disclosed the cuts on LinkedIn over the past month, including Tony Perkins, Director of Design at Warner Bros. San Francisco, who wrote, “at the end of the month my team and position will be eliminated here at WB and I will be back in the market for a job,” indicating an entire team was affected.
Another employee who spent more than a decade at the studio, Roland Herran, art director at Warner Bros. Games, confirmed earlier this week that their departure was due to layoffs.
A separate LinkedIn post from Kevin Chen, a former senior producer at Warner Bros. Games, noted the elimination of a role connected to work on MultiVersus.
Warner Bros. Games did not immediately issue a public statement regarding the reported layoffs.
Warner Bros. Games Layoffs Follow Broader 2025 Restructuring
The reported cuts would conclude a turbulent year for Warner Bros. Games, which began in early 2025 with the exit of former president David Haddad. That leadership change came roughly a year after the release of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which underperformed following a troubled development cycle.
In February 2025, Warner Bros. Games shut down Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and WB San Diego, narrowing its focus to core franchises. At the time, JB Perrette, CEO of Global Streaming and Games at Warner Bros. Discovery, said, “We are optimizing our team structure to develop long-term franchise roadmaps.”
The layoffs also come as Netflix has proposed an $82.7 billion USD acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery that includes Warner Bros. Games, a deal currently under shareholder consideration.
