Simply weeks in the past, Xbox’s proprietor Microsoft introduced mass layoffs, and now in an replace, it appears the Crash Bandicoot, Spyro and Skylanders developer Toys for Bob has been hit.
Based on the San Francisco Chronicle, 86 employees shall be affected on the developer’s workplace in Novato, California. A state submitting has additionally revealed the ability shall be closing.
Whereas it is unclear what precisely this implies for Toys for Bob shifting ahead, Home windows Central’s Jez Corden has already “got confirmation that Toys for Bob is not closing down“. Other than workers impacted, it is claimed the remaining group is being reassigned to remote work.
Fellow Activision (and California) developer Sledgehammer Video games (Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare 3) has additionally been impacted by layoffs in latest instances, with 76 employees affected. As a part of this obvious restructuring, it has closed its workplace, gone distant, and is downsizing to a smaller workplace house (by way of Insider Gaming).
Over the previous yr, Toys for Bob launched Crash Workforce Rumble and likewise supported Sledgehammer Video games on the brand new Name of Obligation title.