At GamesBeat Summit 2026, host Andrea Rene sat down with Amir Satvat, Founder of Always Supporting the Games Community job board, and Adam Boyes, CEO & Founder of Vivrato, to examine the current state of the games industry job market through community-driven data and firsthand experience.

Amir shares insights from the ASGC community, including:

• Why 30% of laid-off developers have been out of work for over a year

• How the average job search peaked at nine months before improving slightly

• Why only 10–15% of listed game industry roles are even opened by applicants

• The importance of networking and long-term relationship building in today’s hiring environment

• Concerns around “brain drain” and the estimated 120,000 years of experience leaving the industry

The conversation also explores career transitions, executive engagement, benefits and stability in the evolving workforce, and how the ACC community has grown into one of the largest career support networks in games.

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