Sony is laying off 900 PlayStation employees

kosure, 3 months ago

This is a shame. But I'm honestly surprised London Studio lasted this long. I loved Blood & Truth, but I'm surprised that they were sustained on Sing Star games for two decades. I mean, I know from a corp perspective they want to buy up people to stifle competition and then they don't need the people because they never intended to utilize the output. But like, gosh, use what you've got. How bad could their fantasy London game have been for them to not only axe it but shut down the dev...

alyaza, 3 months ago

today is apparently just a bloodbath day in gaming generally. Deck Nine is also laying 20% of its staff off, and esports company ESL Faceit Group is laying off 15%

alyaza, 3 months ago

according to Jason Schreier:

PlayStation plans to close its London studio, which was responsible for several recent VR games.

Among other divisions, the layoffs will hit Insomniac (Spider-Man), Naughty Dog (The Last of Us), and Guerrilla (Horizon), three of PlayStation’s most successful subsidiaries

frozen, 3 months ago

Layoffs for three of their most successful studios? That’s surprising.

Amputret, 3 months ago

As a Wipeout fan, no it isn’t.

Anissem, 3 months ago

Sad news. Worked at Insomniac for many years way before they sold to Sony. Never thought I’d see layoffs be a thing for them.