The week started very strongly with the Xbox company, since in the early hours of last Tuesday the closure of three studios was revealed, where there are really two important ones, we are clearly talking about Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks, which will not continue to operate within the company. And although this seemed to be the end of the story, it seems that there are still people missing from this ship that is currently sailing without apparent direction.
The company began offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality control testers and other production personnel. ZeniMaxa company that joined the family Microsoft Not so many years ago, this is something that people familiar with its plans mentioned. On the other hand, more members of the tech giant’s video game organization have been told that more staff cuts are coming.
Through a meeting with the staff of ZeniMax This Wednesday morning, the president of Xbox, Matt Booty, praised HiFi Rushcreation of Tango Gameworks last year, but did not specify why the company had closed its doors, since there has never been any talk about the sales of the game, although there has been talk about the popularity that was forged. Or that is part of what three attendees of said meeting behind closed doors have mentioned.
Jill Braff, director of studies ZeniMax, mentioned that he hoped the reorganization would allow the division to focus more on fewer projects. So now they will put their attention on products that are not so large but that will have the highest possible quality, this as part of a new strategy. For their part, it has been noted that they have to skimp on costs due to the expense they made when purchasing Activision Blizzarda company that finally made the move at the end of last year.
For now, games developed by closed studios will remain available.
Via: Bloomberg
Author’s note: If this happens, they will definitely break their record for people fired, given that at this point there has been no talk beyond the confirmed 1,900. Then it is possible that there will be rounding with that amount in a very short time.
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