In a studio Hangar 13 a major layoff began due to the cancellation of the second project. Despite this, developers have to work on new mafia and the return of tennis Top Back.
At the end of last year, the code-named game was cancelled. Voltwhich cost $53 million. According to the old job postings, it was supposed to be a new brand that was supposed to mix science fiction and fantasy in an open world. The story had to remain an important element, and the traditional third-person perspective had to complement the first. The Volt has reportedly been in various forms in development since 2017.
At the beginning of this year, the title with the working title was also supposed to be cancelled. Mosaic. This should have been too much for Take-Two, and after the resignation of studio boss Hayden Blackman, who founded the company 7 years ago, and COO Matthew Urban, layoffs began.
So far he had to leave about 50 employeeswho sat at the studio’s headquarters in Novato, USA, which is a drastic reduction when there should have been only 87 people in total. It looks like the reins will be handed over to the Brighton, UK office, where Blackman’s successor, Nick Baines, has set up the team. It should also open branches in Brno and Prague.
“2K is fully committed to the future of Hangar 13, which is going through a difficult but promising transition.” said a representative of the Kotaka publishing house. “As part of ongoing assessments, to make sure our resources match our targets, we have made some changes that have resulted in job cuts and the separation of some colleagues.”
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier says Hangar 13 teams have recently been used as support studiohelped, for example, with the comic book shooter Tina Tina’s Wonderlands, and will also participate in the development of Marvel’s Midnight Suns and Kerbal Space Program 2.
This, along with large layoffs, captures reports that The Mafia prequel is still in early development (presumably built on Unreal Engine 5 and installed in Sicily). The second project in development is a tennis game, probably the return of the Top Spin series, nicknamed Hammer. They say that Czech developers are working on this to a greater extent.
Let’s hope Hangaru 13 gets better after the redesign. So far, the big team has created only the infamous Mafia 3 and the final version of Mafia, a remake of the legendary first part.
Source :Indian TV
