PlayStation has been hit by a round of layoffs, former employees have revealed. In recent days, several former employees have reportedly taken to social media to announce that they have been fired from their jobs, including senior level designer Daniel Bellemare, who was working on an unannounced project in PlayStation. Previously, Bellemare worked at Ubisoft as a world designer in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Immortals Fenyx Rising.
“Unfortunately, after a wave of layoffs last week, it was my last week in PlayStation“Bellemare wrote in LinkedIn. “While this is certainly not the news I expected, I am grateful to have had the opportunity to work among extremely talented colleagues on incredible projects and I leave with fond memories of my time there.”
Also affected was former senior technical recruiter Matt Barney, who wrote:
“Bye PlayStation / Sony Interactive Entertainment, It’s been real! For the past few months, she knew this wave of layoffs was coming. I love PlayStation and I always will… I mean, I stayed when I had the chance to leave, so obviously!”
Barney continued: “For those of you within my former organization who have been affected today, I wish you the best in your own layoffs! […] This isn’t the first time I’ve been included in a layoff in the video game industry… for those of you who are struggling, keep going. This is definitely difficult, but keep fighting the good fight.”
At the time of writing, it is unknown how many people have been affected by these layoffs and the company has not issued an official statement. Media have communicated with sony to get a comment on the situation.
PlayStation is far from the only video game company that has been hit by layoffs lately. Last month, it was announced that Epic Gamesthe developer behind Fortniteone of the best battle-royale games and one of the best free titles on the market, was laying off about 16% of its workforce.
Via: Techradar0
Editor’s note: When I was a child, I wanted to study to be a video game developer. Now I would be afraid to be one. The situation is tough with layoffs everywhere, I guess they already accept it as a lifestyle in this profession 🙁
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