The Future 2 studio says it is additional integrating its firm into PlayStation Studios.
Horrible information has hit workers at Bungie because the studio has introduced will probably be shedding 220 workers, representing 17 p.c of the corporate. This comes after a major spherical of layoffs on the Future 2 developer final fall.
Bungie CEO Pete Parsons introduced the mass layoffs in an open letter this morning. He clarifies that the layoffs will influence workers at each stage at Bungie, together with “most of our government and senior chief roles.”
Parsons parroted a standard speaking level amongst CEOs in layoff statements when he cited shifting business tendencies and financial headwinds because the trigger for the layoffs. He additionally introduced that Bungie will combine 155 workers, or 12 p.c of the corporate, into roles at Sony Interactive Leisure. A brand new studio composed of present Bungie workers is being created inside PlayStation Studios to proceed work on an incubation venture described as “an motion sport set in a brand-new science-fantasy universe.”
Bungie performed a spherical of layoffs final October that noticed a lot of its social and neighborhood groups gutted. That is the most recent in an extended stretch of layoffs throughout the gaming business over the previous couple of years, one thing that has spurred unionization efforts at a number of corporations.
