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Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios is the latest game company to announce layoffs
Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios is the latest game company to announce layoffs

Avalanche Studios is following in the footsteps of so many game developers this year. Today, the company posted a notice to its website announcing plans for a restructuring. Avalanche said it will close its studio in Liverpool, impacting all staff members in the city. The company said it will also "reduce our workforce and restructure the teams" at its studios in Malmo and Stockholm, but did not provide specifics about the scope of those layoffs.
Although the statement simply credited the decision to "current challenges to our business and the industry," it's hard not to think that the cancellation of Avalanche's planned game Contraband had something to do with the current need to consolidate. Microsoft ended active development on the project in August during the fallout from the massive layoffs the tech giant announced over the spring and summer. Those cuts appeared to impact the fate of many other upcoming games and game studios that were working with Microsoft as either a developer or a publisher.
Since we won't get to know them for Contraband, Avalanche Studios will remain best known for its Just Cause games of open-world mayhem for now. Contraband is the only game currently listed as a forthcoming title on the company website, so it's unclear what the next moves for the remaining team members will be. The notice closes by saying, "Despite these changes, we remain deeply committed to providing amazing games to our passionate player communities." Hopefully they'll be able to bounce back.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/just-cause-developer-avalanche-studios-is-the-latest-game-company-to-announce-layoffs-180048615.html?src=rss

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