Deviation Games, which continues its work within PlayStation Studios, has become the latest victim of the mass layoffs. The company, which is known to have up to 100 employees in 2021, laid off 90 people today.
The 2022-2023 season was recorded as a period when the world’s giant technology companies made mass layoffs. In this context; Almost all of the companies that everyone knows, such as Microsoft, Google and Amazon, mass dismissal made. The latest news is that the mass layoffs are on the rise. to the video game world It also shows that he jumped.
According to sources familiar with the subject PlayStation Studios Deviation Games, a studio that continues to work within its body, laid off about 90 employees. Although this developer team has not developed a familiar game so far, it partnered with Sony in June 2021 and has been a brand new addition to the PlayStation ecosystem for a while. AAA game was working on it. It is unknown how the mass layoff will affect the future of this game.
It was known to have as many as 100 employees
Deviation Games, while collaborating with Sony up to 100 had an employee. It is not entirely clear how much this number increases or decreases in the next stage. The only known details about the company are that creative director Jason Blundell (former Call of Duty director) last year was leaving the company. The reason for this separation was also unknown. At the last point, a company that develops special games for PlayStation has become the latest victim of mass layoffs.
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Regarding the development, neither Sony nor Deviation Games have made any no explanation came. It is also unclear how a relatively small company cutting 90 jobs will affect the projects being worked on.
Source :
https://www.thegamer.com/playstation-studio-deviation-games-laid-off-employees/