Bandai Namco Begins to Cut Headcount After Culling Game Titles.

Bandai Namco Holdings Inc., a video game publisher based in Tokyo, is cutting its workforce and using a traditional Japanese approach to reduce staff. Employees are being sent to "expulsion rooms" where they are given no work-related tasks, putting pressure on them to leave voluntarily. Bandai Namco has moved about 200 employees to these rooms since April, and nearly 100 have resigned. The company denies that it is trying to push employees out and states that decisions to discontinue games are based on comprehensive assessments. Bandai Namco, like its competitors, is facing pressure to cut costs and adjust to a drop in user engagement due to the pandemic. [Extracted from the article]