Future 2 developer Bungie has reportedly been affected by lay-offs, turning into the most recent in an extended line of online game studios to endure 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 right this moment, October 30.
The variety of folks 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 might be advised extra.
Although lay-offs aren’t unusual within the online game trade, 2023 has confirmed notably 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 Pink 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 crew to start out a union for Polish recreation builders.
Epic Video games additionally lately laid off 830 staff, a transfer that critically affected Fall Guys developer Mediatonic, Telltale Video games reportedly laid off most of its employees, and Worms maker Team17 additionally noticed deep cuts.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.