Rec Room, the social gaming platform once riding high on a $3.5 billion valuation (now that’s a price tag), is now laying off “roughly half” its team. That’s not a pivot—that’s a full-blown reset.

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Taylor Soper on Aug 25, 2025 at 9:52 ...

Rec Room has laid off "roughly half" of its staff as "a business necessity". The remaining team will focus more on Rec Room Originals. Among those let go are employees who have worked at Rec Room for ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Kurt Schlosser on Aug 27, 2025 at 10 ...

Seattle-based startup Rec Room, once valued at $3.5 billion, is laying off about half of its staff in a sweeping restructuring. Co-founders Cameron Brown and Nick Fajt announced the layoffs Monday in ...