Future 2 developer Bungie has reportedly been affected by lay-offs, changing into the most recent in an extended line of online game studios to bear downsizing in 2023.
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier mentioned on X/Twitter that workers on the PlayStation Studios developer have been knowledgeable of the lay-offs at this time, October 30.
The variety of individuals affected by the downsizing is unclear, although Bungie CEO Pete Parsons reportedly emailed workers this morning to inform them of a gathering the place they’d be informed extra.
Although lay-offs aren’t unusual within the online game trade, 2023 has confirmed significantly brutal for builders as myriad studios have been affected. Goals creator and fellow PlayStation Studios developer Media Molecule noticed a discount of 20 workers members earlier in October, alongside F1 Supervisor studio Frontier Developments which was hit the identical week.
The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Purple has additionally undergone a number of rounds of lay-offs in 2023 because the studio restructures forward of a significant improvement enhance, with the lack of jobs prompting a few of its workforce to start out a union for Polish sport builders.
Epic Video games additionally just lately laid off 830 workers, a transfer that severely affected Fall Guys developer Mediatonic, Telltale Video games reportedly laid off most of its staff, and Worms maker Team17 additionally noticed deep cuts.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
