Square Enix Restructures and Lays Off Staff Amid AI-Driven QA Plans

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Square Enix is undergoing a major restructuring by closing overseas development studios and consolidating development in Japan, putting over 100 jobs at risk in the UK and US, as part of a strategy to strengthen global publishing and focus on its domestic game development.
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- Square Enix says it wants generative AI to be doing 70% of its QA and debugging by the end of 2027 Video Games Chronicle
- Square Enix aims to have AI doing 70% of its QA work by the end of 2027, which seems like it'd be hard to achieve without laying off most of your QA workers PC Gamer
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