Over the past weeks and months, we have regularly updated you on mass layoffs in the gaming industry. For example, yesterday we learned about the problems of the Supermassive Games studio, which will lose 30% of its employees. Sony’s gaming division now joins the ranks of gaming companies that have taken this step. Outgoing boss Jim Ryan announced in a press release on the official website that the Sony Interactive Entertainment division would lay off about 900 employees, which that’s only 8% from their current quantity.
This move will affect major PlayStation studios in all regions. The head of PlayStation Studios, Hermen Hulst, informed about the impact on individual studios. He said that in addition to layoffs in the support and technology teams this will also impact the frontline development teams in the form of studios Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog, Guerrilla Games and Firesprite.
They will then have to prepare for the worst-case scenario. developers from London studio, which will be completely closed. The UK team has been around since 2002 and in recent years has primarily focused on VR games for the PlayStation VR and PlayStation VR2 headsets. The last major game was the shooter Blood & Truth, released in 2019.
Source :Indian TV
