One More Game Cancelled Due To More Sony Layoffs

At the very least.

Posted By | On 26th, Mar. 2014

ps4retailcontents

Sony announced today that three of its studios- namely Guerrilla Cambridge, SCE London and Evolution Studios- have been hit with more layoffs. Obviously, the layoffs were going to effect the projects that these developers were working on, but it seems that at least one of these projects has been cancelled.

Industry insider Ahsan Rasheed has trusted sources in the company, and he moved to Twitter to divulge some of the information he had received. “OK, this is what I can gather so far about the restructuring efforts,” Rasheed said. “Certain projects are not coming together. IE Concepts broken, ideas strong on paper but not in application, or inability to hit milestones. The only project I do know of that was canned was not very far into production and would have required a ton more work to fix up.”

Rasheed also went ahead and explained that despite being the top guy at Sony Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida was not responsible for these layoffs. “Also Shu isn’t responsible, this is studio heads evaluating internal projections and making the cuts based on that,” Rasheed said. “Final word, Sony is very serious about first party efforts. Studios are encouraged to refocus, hone in, and refine. It just sucks people go.”

It’s really disheartening to see so many people in the industry losing their jobs, and it’s pretty disappointing that in such a short space of time, the PS4 has lost two of its several upcoming unannounced titles.

Stay tuned and watch this space for more info.


Amazing Articles You Might Want To Check Out!

Share Your Thoughts Below  (Always follow our comments policy!)



Keep On Reading!

Earthblade Has Been Delayed Out of 2024

Earthblade Has Been Delayed Out of 2024

"We know that this will be disappointing for a lot of you and we're sorry for that," says Extremely OK Games f...

Company of Heroes Developer Relic Entertainment is Splitting from Sega

Company of Heroes Developer Relic Entertainment is Splitting from Sega

Strategy genre specialist studio Relic Entertainment is leaving Sega and going independent, it's been announce...

Sega is Cutting 240 Jobs Across UK Studios, Including Creative Assembly

Sega is Cutting 240 Jobs Across UK Studios, Including Creative Assembly

Sega Europe and Sega HARDlight will also be impacted, though the status of other UK studios like Two Point Stu...

Remnant Publishing Rights, Lost Boys Interactive, Cryptic Studios, and More to Remain with Embracer

Remnant Publishing Rights, Lost Boys Interactive, Cryptic Studios, and More to Remain with Embracer

Following Gearbox's sale to Take-Two, these studios will be "welcomed and integrated" into other parts of the ...

Take-Two Interactive Acquires Gearbox Software from Embracer for $460 Million

Take-Two Interactive Acquires Gearbox Software from Embracer for $460 Million

The publisher will own the Borderlands, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, Homeworld, Risk of Rain, Duke Nukem and Broth...

Call of Duty: Warzone is Getting a Way to Play with Bots in Season 3

Call of Duty: Warzone is Getting a Way to Play with Bots in Season 3

Call of Duty: Warzone players will be able to queue up as quad teams to face off against bots in the new Bootc...