Another development studio recently confirmed layoffs, the “Call of Duty” and “Halo” makers Certain Affinity. Affects 10 percent of the Austin, Texas-based company's workforce.
The bad news for employees in the games industry seems to never end. After it was last done by the “Borderlands” makers Gearbox and at Sega there were job cuts, has now also confirmed Certain Affinity Redundancies. The measures affect 10 percent of the workforce, as Max Hoberman, the CEO of the development studio, said in a statement official announcement has confirmed.
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In it, the head of the company announced that 25 of the total 250 employees the company would lose their jobs. “This has the greatest impact on the teams that manage our business operations,” continued Hoberman.
Studio worked on various games blockbusters
As Max Hoberman explains afterwards, it is the first time in Certain Affinity's more than 17-year history that layoffs were necessary. Those responsible did not make this decision easily, but ultimately various factors were decisive.
“The most important is the industry-wide slowdown in financing of new master and co-development projects and the Reluctance from third-party investors when financing games or gaming companies. This has made it exceptionally difficult to sign new projects or other forms of financing to secure.”
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Additionally, Hoberman explained that affected employees continue to be supported should, for example with severance payments or “the continuation of benefits”. Furthermore, Certain Affinity management is making the “vested rights under our stock ownership plan” transferrable to those laid off. In these ways people should also in the future “Benefit from the success of the company”.
Finally, the CEO of the development studio refers to the Cohesion within the team. Over the years, a corporate culture has grown “in which we all come together to support each other in times of need.”
Throughout its more than 17-year history, Certain Affinity has… over three dozen projects contributed. These include spin-offs of the “Call of Duty” and “Halo” series, the reboots of “DOOM” and “Prey” as well as the action-adventures “Gotham Knights” and “Hogwarts Legacy” and Valve’s multiplayer hit “ Left 4 Dead”.
The Austin (Texas)-based development studio was founded in August 2006 Founded by Max Hoberman, various ex-Bungie developers and other industry veterans. These include people who were previously employed by Electronic Arts, Midway or NCSoft. The team's first projects included the first-person shooter hit “Halo 2” and the self-produced real-time strategy game “Age of Booty”.
Over the past year we have already more than 10,000 people from the games industry lost their jobs. This trend will continue unabated in the new year. After less than three months, well over 8,000 jobs have already been cut this year. Colleagues from have provided an overview of the 2024 layoffs Kotaku compiled.
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