“At least” half of Bandcamp’s staff was laid off ahead of its sale by Epic Games to music licensing and distribution platform Songtradr.
Epic only acquired Bandcamp, the self-styled “online record store and music community”, last year. As we reported back in 2022, the Fortnite and Unreal Engine developer said this acquisition was all part of its vision to build out a “creator marketplace ecosystem”. Its subsequent sale to Songtradr was then announced last month.
In a statement shared with Eurogamer, Epic confirmed the recent Bandcamp layoffs were part of its previous wave of cuts, which were announced at the end of September.
