Highguard, a brand new multiplayer shooter from builders who labored on video games like Apex Legends and Name of Responsibility, launched simply over two weeks in the past, however developer Wildlight Leisure is already chopping jobs on the firm, in accordance with posts from affected staffers on LinkedIn. Former Wildlight stage designer Alex Graner says that “a lot of the workforce at Wildlight” was laid off immediately, which was backed up by former lead tech artist Josh Sobel.
”Right now we made an extremely tough choice to half methods with various our workforce members whereas preserving a core group of builders to proceed innovating on and supporting the sport,” Wildlight says in a press release. “We’re happy with the workforce, expertise, and the product we’ve created collectively. We’re additionally grateful for gamers who gave the sport a shot, and those that proceed to be part of our group.”
This week, Riot Video games additionally made cuts on a serious reside service undertaking, shedding about 80 folks from its recently-launched 2XKO preventing sport set within the League of Legends universe.
Replace, February eleventh: Added assertion from Wildlight.
