A recap of yesterday’s announcement. <\/p>
It\u2019s a distressing time for the gaming industry. Yesterday, Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/a> revealed it would be laying off a huge number of employees across the globe and closing a significant studio \u201cin its entirety\u201d.<\/p>\n This decision impacts workers involved in a number of other PlayStation<\/a> studios, too, some of which are behind the platform\u2019s most iconic and popular titles.<\/p>\n Love gaming? Listen to our podcast, One More Life!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Such a large percentage of Sony\u2019s worldwide workforce being let go at once is huge news, so we\u2019ll do our best to break it down for you here.<\/p>\n Perhaps the most significant studio to be impacted is PlayStation\u2019s London studio, which is to \u201cclose in its entirety\u201d.<\/p>\n Other studios impacted are Insomniac<\/a>, Naughty Dog<\/a>, Guerrilla and Firesprite.<\/p>\n As so many studios are impacted, it will come as no surprise that plenty of games in progress will be cancelled.<\/p>\n These games are yet to be named, but we know this is the case.<\/p>\n Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios, said the following in a blog post: \u201cWe looked at our studios and our portfolio, evaluating projects in various stages of development, and have decided that some of those projects will not move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n You can read the full blog post<\/a> now.<\/p>\nWhich studios are impacted by PlayStation layoffs?<\/strong><\/h2>\n