Video games websites Giant Bomb and GameSpot suffered an unspecified number of layoffs on Thursday, job cuts that were confirmed by former employees on Twitter soon after they took place.
The layoffs come less than 4 months after the sites were acquired by Fandom, backed by private equity firm TPG Capital in a deal said to be worth $55 million. The number of affected employees is unknown, but among those who confirmed the cuts publicly were Mat Elfring, GameSpot entertainment editor; Stuart Kimball, associate video producer at GameSpot; GameSpot entertainment writer Mason Downey; Giant Bomb video producers Jess O’Brien and Jason Oestreicher; and graphic designer Justin Vachon who for several of the sites owned by Fandom, including Giant Bomb, GameSpot, TV Guide and Metacritic.