Gamurs Group torches PC Invasion and continues layoffs
Gamurs Group, the media conglomerate that owns websites including Destructoid, Prima Games, Twinfinite, and Siliconera, has reportedly laid off more staff across the company.
As spotted by GamesIndustry.biz, a number of workers impacted by the latest round of cuts shared the news on Linkedin. That includes Operation Sports assigning editor Christian Smith, Gamurs Group evergreen updates editor Chris Jecks, lead data analyst Thomas Tallentire, SEO manager Jonna Turner, and content strategist Anne Banks.
Most of those employees had been working for Gamurs for years. Jecks, for example, started as a contract writer for Twinfinite back in 2015 before rising through the ranks to become contract managing editor in August 2022.
Others, however, were let go at the very beginning of their tenure. “Well, I wasn’t anticipating getting this news three months after getting the job, but I’ve been laid off from my position as Assigning Editor at GAMURS,” explained Smith.
Gamurs has yet to disclose the number of staff affected or provide a reason for the layoffs—but the company is seemingly well versed in the art of cutting workers loose.
In September 2024, Gamurs reportedly laid off 30 people, including staff at Dot Esports, Destructoid, and Twinfinite. As clocked by GamesIndustry.biz, there also appeared to be additional layoffs at Destructoid in February 2025, with more cuts at The Mary Sue and The Escapist following in March.
Game media workers have been forced to contend with a growing number of layoffs in recent months. Kotaku Australia was shut down by publisher Pedestrian Group in July 2024, while Ziff Davis conducted soft layoffs in December by asking employees across IGN, Humble, and GamesIndustry.biz to jump ship.
“PC Invasion is gone”
Gamurs’ also appears to have completely shuttered its PC-focused publication PC Invasion. Yesterday, ex-employees at the outlet noticed the site is no longer active. It currently redirects to Prima Games.
“PC Invasion is gone,” Digital Trends freelancer and former PC Invasion contributor Anyka Pettigrew wrote on BlueSky. “The gaming website that me and many other writers worked so hard on until GAMURS fired the full-time staff, ghosted the freelancers, and left for dead for months. It just redirects to PrimaGames now. I wrote 1,000+ articles for it btw. It’s all gone.”
Later in the day, Pettigrew noticed that some of the outlet’s content archive is progressively appearing on Prima Games. A limited version of the site is also accessible via the Internet Archive.
PC Invasion was founded in 2015. At the time of writing, Prima Games hosts author pages of ex-PC Invasion staff members, including founder and editor Paul Younger, and lists articles from 2018 and 2019. The site is also named on Gamurs’ brands page.
“Woke up to find that Gamurs Group has wiped three years of my work from the internet,” Insider Gaming senior editor and former PC Invasion hardware editor Mike Straw wrote on BlueSky. “THREE YEARS OF HARD WORK…GONE. [Gamurs Group CEO] Riad Chikhani is nothing more than a snake who has ruined countless outlets. How you sleep at night is beyond me.”
Game Developer has contacted Gamurs Group for more information.
