Video Games
Sony Cuts 900 Jobs, Shuts Down London Studio & Cancels New ‘Twisted Metal’ Title
The video games industry continues to get bad news with more layoffs, this time from Sony itself. Per Bloomberg, Sony will lay off 900 people across its worldwide video game division (approximately 8% of its employees), and close its London studio that was responsible for several VR titles.
In addition, several titles in development have also been cancelled at Sony, including a new Twisted Metal title.
“After careful consideration and many leadership discussions over several months, it has become clear changes need to be made to continue to grow the business and develop the company,” stated Sony Interactive Entertainment President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Ryan in a message to staff posted on Sony Interactive’s website. Ryan will be departing the company next month.
The layoffs will also impact Insomniac (the studio behind Spider-Man and the upcoming Wolverine title), Naughty Dog (The Last of Us) and Guerrilla Games (Horizon). Guerrilla Games specifically is cutting 10% of its staff, roughly 40 employees.
Sony UK-based subsidiary Firesprite was also hit, which was in development of a new live service Twisted Metal game. The title was likely being developed to coincide with the upcoming second season of the Peacock TV series.
The Sony layoffs announced today come on the heels of The Dark Pictures Anthology developer Supermassive Games announcing yesterday that they’re in the process of “entering into a period of consultation,” where they would lay off approximately 90 members of the team.
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