Those of us who know about the comings and goings of the gaming industry are unfortunately used to stories of layoffs. However, this bad news is usually associated with a few large companies, The Embracer Group to be the most outstanding. The truth is that this terrible trend affects everyone, whether they are small studios or big studios. Now the turn has come Avalanchestudio-developer of the series Just becausewhich announced not only the layoffs of about 50 people, but also the closure of two of its studios.
This was reported in a statement published on the official website Avalanche, where the situation is discussed in more detail. There, the studio comments that it previously had five headquarters around the world: two in Sweden, one in the UK, one in New York and one in Montreal. Those last two locations, one of which even opened last October, will be the ones to close their doors. This will result in about 50 layoffs, which the statement said represents 9% of the company’s payroll. Avalanche.
The studio is mostly known for its work on the TV series Just because. These open world games are popular because of their emphasis on mindless destruction in open worlds. This work opened the door for the studio to be able to participate in other great projects like the game Mad Max in 2015, spread Warner Bros.in Rage 2 in 2019 in collaboration with the legendary studio Software id. The last part Just becauseis distributed Square Enixwas Just Cause 4 in 2018. The studio has yet to release any games for the current generation of consoles.
currently, Avalanche is working on a new intellectual property called Contraband. This game, announced in 2021, will be co-distributed Xbox. It is not yet known how these layoffs will affect development Contraband.
