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In a , studio heads Paul Yan and Avery Lodato don't give an exact reason for the move, but say it'll allow them to "return to our roots of being a small and nimble studio." The news is particularly notable within the context of mass layoffs not only ꦬat To▨ys for Bob but seemingly almost everywhere else in the video game industry as well.

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"Our friends at Activision and Microsoft have been extremely supportive of our new direction and we&r🗹squ🍸o;re confident that we will continue to work closely together as part of our future."

I won't try to give a comprehensive account of the climate around industry layoffs in a news story, but here's a very basic overview of the biggest reductions in just this year alone: 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft cut almost 2,000 devs across Xbox, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Activision Blizzard, and Zenimax; 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Riot let go more than 500 workers and closed down its young indie publishing arm; 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Sony laid off 900 people - impacting major studios like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Naughty Dog and Insomniac - and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:shuttered PlayStation London e🌃ntirely; and Unity made 1,800 jobs redundant and redu🐠ced its workforce by 25%.

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