The Texas studio worked on the Halo series and has been helping with the development of the Call of Duty shooter series since 2007.
Certain Affinity laid off 25 employees (about 10% of the total staff). The head of the Texas studio, Max Hoberman, noted that this is the largest wave of layoffs in the entire history of the company. Business operations teams have been hit the hardest.
“Over the past 12 months, the gaming industry has faced unprecedented challenges. Today we have made the extremely difficult decision to inform 25 of our employees in the United States that they will be furloughed.” compensation.
Hoberman complained about the stalled growth of the gaming market, which is making it increasingly difficult for gaming companies to find investors.
( news cover source: Xbox)