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# Pocket Tactics decimated by Network N layoffs, PCGamesN also targeted
- URL: https://www.verticalslice.news/pocket-tactics-decimated-by-network-n-layoffs-pcgamesn-also-targeted/
- Published: 2026-10-20T12:48:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-20T12:53:49.000Z
- Description: Video game media continues to be subjected to death by a thousand cuts by corporate owners.
- Author: Chris Kerr
- Tags: News, Game Media, Layoffs

A number of writers at PCGamesN and Pocket Tactics have been laid off or placed at risk of redundancy by Network N, the owner of both outlets. 

It's the latest in a sequence of unrelenting game media layoffs that have decimated corporate-owned sites such as [IGN](https://kotaku.com/sources-ign-layoffs-hit-multiple-departments-and-long-time-hosts-2000734361?ref=verticalslice.news), [The Gamer](https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/thegamer-website-suffers-widespread-editorial-layoffs/?ref=verticalslice.news), and [Restart](https://digiday.com/media/walmart-backed-gaming-publication-lays-off-editorial-team/?ref=verticalslice.news). 

PCGamesN news editor Lauren Bergin confirmed their position is "up for redundancy" in a [post on LinkedIn](https://lnkd.in/p/ea7xeRck?ref=verticalslice.news). "I'm incredibly proud of what the team has achieved in the past few months, and genuinely believe that we've put out some of the best content in the site's history," they said. 

Pocket Tactics appears to have been placed on life support by Network N. Editor Ruby Spiers-Unwin [confirmed they have been made redundant](https://lnkd.in/p/eMMRUgEY?ref=verticalslice.news) after six years leading the outlet. Deputy editor Kayleigh Partleton said they are now [also at risk of losing their job](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7516792738948726784/?ref=verticalslice.news).

Guides editor Tilly Lawton said the "redundancy wave' has [come for her too](https://lnkd.in/p/eH9etfv4?ref=verticalslice.news), while staff writers [Sam Comrie](https://lnkd.in/p/epZnJ6yd?ref=verticalslice.news), [Daz Skubich](https://lnkd.in/p/eMV5Dr42?ref=verticalslice.news), [Connor Christie](https://lnkd.in/p/e6%5F5-kkY?ref=verticalslice.news), [Holly Alice](https://lnkd.in/p/eJaiRxcn?ref=verticalslice.news) all shared similarly bleak posts on LinkedIn. Meanwhile, Pocket Tactics e-commerce editor Adam Randall—still listed on the publication's staff page—[was laid off five month ago](https://lnkd.in/p/eghfUNV5?ref=verticalslice.news). 

In fact, all but one of those staffers listed on [Pocket Tactics' 'Meet the team' page](https://www.pockettactics.com/meet-the-team?ref=verticalslice.news) have reportedly been placed on the redundancy list.

In the UK, employers must [initiate a redundancy consultation with employees](https://www.gov.uk/redundancy-your-rights/consultation?ref=verticalslice.news) before they are dismissed (unless those workers are employed under a fixed-term contract).

Vertical Slice has approached Network N for comment.