Take-Two Interactive introduced an enormous layoff final month, which itself got here two brief months after chief government officer Strauss Zelnick claimed that there have been “no plans” to enact mass layoffs throughout a restructuring of the corporate.
Now, as a part of the layoff introduced this previous April, the Grand Theft Auto writer will reportedly even be shuttering two studios, OlliOlli World developer Roll7, and Kerbal House Program 2 developer Intercept Video games.
This coming from a brand new Bloomberg report, who first reported the layoff when it hit mid-April. These studios additionally each belonged below Take-Two’s writer Personal Division, which has additionally stated to have misplaced folks outdoors these studios as a part of the layoff.
Whereas these have been technically layoffs we have been already instructed about, it’s extremely unhappy to see that this lower has resulted within the shuttering of two extremely proficient groups.
In the identical yr, Roll7 launched not only one, however two BAFTA nominated video games, one in all which gained their BAFTA class in Rollerdrome whereas OlliOlli World took residence a DICE Award that yr.
Roll7 was additionally a storied studio for PlayStation followers, as the unique OlliOlli video games have been PS Vita classics. That that is how Roll7 meets its finish simply piles on how unhappy it’s to listen to of the studio being shuttered.
Hopefully these impacted by layoffs at Roll7 and Intercept are in a position to land on their toes quickly.
Supply – [Bloomberg]