Another spherical of layoffs has occurred at H1Z1 developer Daybreak Studios.
Daybreak Studios has laid-off between 60-70 staff in an effort to ‘optimize its structure’ and realign sources. The variety of workers affected has but to be confirmed by the corporate.
This is the second spherical of layoffs to happen on the firm this yr. Back in April, a lot of redundancies had been introduced, though a precise determine wasn’t supplied by Daybreak. The purpose given for the layoffs was a have to realign the workforce to “better position our company for the future.”
Daybreak’s assertion concerning yesterday’s workers reductions mirrors the one made in April.
“We are optimizing our structure to ensure we best position ourselves for continued success in the years to come,” mentioned Daybreak in a press release via Massively OP.
“This effort has required us to make some changes within the organization and we are doing everything we can to support those impacted in this difficult time. As we look to improve efficiencies and realign resources, we remain focused on supporting our existing games and development of our future titles.”
John Smedley, who’s the previous president of Sony Online Entertainment and former CEO at Daybreak, which purchased SOE in 2015 (and issued a large number of layoffs one week later), supplied his opinion on the layoffs through Twitter. His feedback appear to have been eliminated, because the hyperlinks aren’t working, however had been fortunately saved by Massively.
“Very sorry to hear about the layoffs at Daybreak. Those are good people that should still be working there 10 years from now if things were being well run,” mentioned Smedley. “Really, really, really angry right now. It’s December FFS and this is how you treat employees Daybreak Games come on.”
It was initially assumed Daybreak was shuttering its studio in Austin, Texas, however the firm mentioned that’s not the case, because the studio will stay operational. Massively understands the Austin studio is engaged on “a secret game with a top IP” which was additionally confirmed by Variety.
We want these affected the easiest of luck. Getting laid-off isn’t feeling, and even worse when it happens across the holidays.
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