A big loss for the community and for Unity.

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Unity laid off Ben Cloward, a veteran technical artist with over 20 years of experience and creator of ShaderFX. Cloward was part of Unity's Shader Graph team and is known for his shader development expertise and educational YouTube channel with 75,000+ subscribers. He plans to continue publishing tutorial videos weekly. This is part of ongoing layoffs affecting the tech and gaming industries in 2025, with Unity having previously dismissed its entire Behavior team.

Ben Cloward Among Those Affected By Layoffs At Unity