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Yahoo’s head of games exits amid restructuring and layoffs

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Yahoo’s head of games exits amid restructuring and layoffs

Yahoo is restructuring its games division, resulting in staff cuts and the departure of the company’s head of games Andrew Pedersen.

As of today, October 28, Yahoo’s Games team is in the process of being integrated with the company’s platforms team, which builds across many of Yahoo’s products and verticals. GamesBeat learned of the shift from a source at the company who communicated with GamesBeat on background, noting that the move was intended to bring games closer to the rest of the company and more smoothly integrate games into Yahoo’s everyday user experience. 

As part of the shift, Andrew Pedersen is stepping down from his role as Yahoo’s head of games. Pedersen took on the leadership role at Yahoo’s games division in January 2025 following a stint as an executive at Electronic Arts. During his tenure as Yahoo’s head of games, Pedersen helped streamline the company’s game offerings, removing some dormant legacy titles from the platform and working with third-party developers like Candy Crush developer King to launch unique titles on Yahoo. The original version of Yahoo Games existed on Yahoo’s website between 1998 and 2016, with Yahoo relaunching the current version of Yahoo Games in September 2023.

In the first six months of 2026, the number of daily active users engaging with Yahoo Games increased by 60 percent , with gameplay clicks on the platform going up by 25 percent during the same period. At the moment, the Yahoo Games website prominently features titles like Blackjack Blitz, Solitaire Roadtrip, and IQ Trivia, as well as Crushable, the original title published in partnership with King.


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