Staff

Hi-Rez Studios is laying off staff to 'ensure' Smite 2's long-term success

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Hi-Rez Studios has made “some” layoffs, its CEO announced Stewart Chisam. A specific number of reductions was not revealed, but he said Hi-Rez's marketing and publishing teams were affected. Cosmetic Content and System Features Team at Evil Mojo Branches (Paladins), G&A and Titan Forge (Hit) were hit. Chisam said the “difficult, but necessary changes” were … Read more

Annapurna Interactive's disturbing staff exodus caused by shifting resources and management clashes

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Two weeks later, the entire staff of Annapurna Interactive resigned suddenlynew information has emerged about the events that apparently led to the mass exodus. A recent report by IGN claims the movie studio's video game division has been fragmented by conflicts within senior management, broken deals and a general distrust of co-founder Megan Ellison. Annapurna … Read more

Maximum Entertainment Lays Off Merge Games Staff, Shuts Down Chelford Studio in 'Consolidation Strategy'

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Merge Games cut staff over the weekend and closed its only office based in Chelford, England. The studio is part of Maximum Entertainment and, in a statement, Gaming IndustryCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Cristina Seelye explained that the cuts were part of previously announced consolidation plans. At the time of writing, it is unknown how many developers … Read more

Rocksteady Cuts Staff After Poor Performance of Suicide Squad

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Europlayer layoffs reported to Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Rocksteady studio. On Monday, the outlet said that the developer’s QA team had effectively been cut in half from 33 employees to 15. Other departments were affected, though the total number of layoffs was unclear at the time of writing. Those laid off included junior … Read more

Risk of Rain Developer Disappears as Key Staff Joins Valve

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Hopoo Games co-founders Paul Morse and Duncan Drummond have left the Risk of Rain developer to join Valve. The study he broke the news in a post on X and revealed “many other talented [team] members” have also been hired by Valve. That group will “work on game development” at the Half-Life maker and Steam … Read more

Until Dawn remake developer Ballistic Moon is laying off staff

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British studio Ballistic Moon, developer behind the upcoming Until dawn remake for PS5 and PC, appears to have laid off an unspecified number of employees. Linkedin posts from several employees indicate that several roles have been cut at the firm, with Animators, programmersAND designers all apparently affected. “Like many others in this wonderful but turbulent … Read more

Visual Concepts Lays Off Lego 2K Drive South Studio Staff

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According to former developers at the studio, Visual Concepts South staff were laid off earlier this week. others across the industry. As of this writing, it's unclear how many have been laid off by the Orange County-based developer, but 3D artist My life is beautiful said the “majority” of his team has been laid off. … Read more

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