Bungie is the newest Sony studio to be hit with a wave of layoffs with a lot of workers affected within the new finances cuts.
The new report (by way of Bloomberg) notes roughly 8% of Bungie’s behemoth 1,200 workers have been minimize within the new wave of layoffs, which comes all the way down to an estimated 100 workers.
Sony acquired Bungie again in 2022, which most assumed to be a response to Microsoft’s announcement of buying Activision Blizzard. Their supposed plans for the developer had been that they had been to help of their plans on creating extra stay service titles by 2025.
These layoffs are simply one other wave of firms hit with job losses underneath Sony. Other examples embody Visual Arts (a number of occasions) and Media Molecule. CEO and president Jim Ryan additionally introduced himself stepping all the way down to retire.
Sony and Bungie’s troubles usually are not distinctive. Other gaming publishers and builders have additionally suffered layoffs. Including firms corresponding to Ubisoft and Microsoft.
