After the rumors that have emerged in the last few hours, Take-Two has officially confirmed that it will carry out a series of layoffswhich will involve the publisher Private Division and other sectors of the companywhich we recall is the parent company of Rockstar Games, 2K and Zynga.
The first signs had arrived a few hours ago, through a tweet from Jason Schreier, journalist of the Bloomberg portal, who spoke of personnel cuts in particular for Private Division, the publisher of OlliOlli World, Kerbal Space Program 2 and The Outer Worlds.
Subsequently Take-Two confirmed the layoffs to the PC Gamer portal through its spokesman, without however specifying the number of employees and which divisions of the company were affected, reassuring that the impact will be minimal in productive terms.
The teams involved are currently located in the US, but the company is already preparing for similar staff reductions also in Europe. Take-Two says the cuts were necessary to align the internal organization with long-term priority goals.
“We can confirm that there have been staffing reductions in our US teams, primarily in publishing and corporate operations, which will better align our organization with our long-term priorities,” said Alan Lewis, a Take-Two spokesman.
“We will continue to make strategic investments in our talent and technology to serve our long-term pipeline, and the impact of these changes on our development teams has been minimal.”
“Outside of the United States, we have initiated compliance with local law that we expect will lead to similar reductions. Take-Two has experienced exponential growth over the past few years and we are taking steps to prepare the company for a another long period of success”.
Take-Two isn’t the only entertainment company making layoffs after hiring a lot during the Covid-19 pandemic. For example, Riot Games has also confirmed layoffs in various departments of its workforce, while Microsoft will lay off 10,000 people by the end of March.
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