Reports are circulating this morning that Disney have laid off a number of employees at its Brighton-based studio, Black Rock.
Disney told Eurogamer (linked on the right) that "Disney Interactive Studios confirms a reduction of its workforce from its Brighton-based internal game development studio, Black Rock Studios. The studio will continue its work on its current project."
An anonymous source had earlier told Eurogamer ""After SS wrapped, we started work on SS2 pre-prod which was cancelled last December due to DIS’s new management and their changing priorities (the push towards freemium etc) – SS2 didn’t really fit in with that (despite some efforts to shoehorn it in)." The validity of this report has not been confirmed.
Good luck to those who find themselves without work today. It’s a tough time for UK games development.
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