It is the second time in recent years the company has announced lays offs due to struggles with its blockbuster online game.

The company announced on Tuesday it will let go of 1,000 employees. The layoff adds to a $500 million cost-savings plan.

Chris started gaming in the 8-bit era so writing game reviews seemed like a natural choice of activity to protect his brain from further atrophy during his final year in a psychiatric penitentiary.