Last year was a tale of two halves. It was one of the best years on record for game releases, yet one of the worst for those that create games.
For quite some time now, the games industry has been experiencing mass layoffs - something that’s only gotten worse in these opening months of 2024.EA,Microsoft, andPlayStationare just a few of the companies to announce such measures - and it’s important that we show our support for these talented developers who find themselves in such difficult circumstances. It’s not a problem that can be swept under the carpet, with the industry needing to do better to protect and save the lifeforce, these developers, that keep it going.
The announcement of layoffs usually comes hand in hand with game cancellations. Just last week, it was revealed that EA wouldnot be moving ahead with its bounty hunting Star Wars gamethat was in the works at Respawn Entertainment. We have discovered that one PlayStation project is seemingly safe though.
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Respawn Entertainment will continue to develop a sequel toStar Wars Jedi: Survivor.
PlayStation announced that they will be laying off 900 staff, including the entirety of the PlayStation London Studio and a large segment of Firesprite. Several top studios are also affected includingNaughty Dog,Insomniac Games, andGuerrilla. The latter studio is thought to be working on a third mainlineHorizonentry and a multiplayer spin-off of the franchise.
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier hassaidon Twitter that, despite fears that it might be, the latter multiplayer title remains in development. As far as we’re aware, the only project we know that has been cancelled thus far under the PlayStation umbrella is a Twisted Metal reboot, intended to be a live-service game.
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Topics:Horizon Zero Dawn,Horizon Forbidden West,Guerrilla Games,PlayStation,PlayStation 5
