Round 30 staff reportedly affected by cuts

Firaxis Video games, the studio behind technique titles similar to Civilization, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, and XCOM, has laid off staff within the newest in a sequence of cuts made at Take-Two subsidiaries.

A report by Axios claims that round 30 staff had been affected however the cuts, which the developer’s writer, 2K Video games has stated had been made as a result of a “sharpening of focus, enhancements of efficiencies, and an alignment of our expertise in opposition to our highest priorities […] The studio stays targeted on growing critically acclaimed video video games.”
Firaxis’ most up-to-date launch was the strategic comic-book title Marvel’s Midnight Suns, which launched on PC and Gen9 console platforms in December of final 12 months. Whereas the discharge was praised for its high quality gameplay and utilization of the Marvel license, this, sadly, didn’t equate to gross sales, with the sport being thought of an unsuccessful industrial launch by mum or dad firm Take-Two Interactive. Very similar to one other comic-book launch, Marvel’s Avengers, Midnight Suns was a title that was designed to have a comparatively lengthy life within the gaming market.

The layoffs at Firaxis proceed a depressing development of cuts throughout all the trade. Since January, roles have been misplaced at numerous high-profile builders and publishers together with Microsoft, Riot Video games, Sega, Twitch, and Ubisoft. Simply final month, it was introduced that Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt RED had additionally laid off members of studio The Molasses Flood, following a restart of the upcoming Witcher spin-off Venture Sirius.

Firaxis is newest online game studio hit by layoffs [Axios Gaming]

Chris Moyse

Senior Editor – Chris has been taking part in video video games for the reason that Nineteen Eighties and writing about them for the reason that Eighteen Eighties. Graduated from Galaxy Excessive with honors. Twitter: @ChrisxMoyse

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