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The post doesn't mention how many members of Playtonic will be effected, but does credit the layoffs to the company's struggle with"a period of profound change in how games are created and funded."shared by Playtonic brand manager Anni Valkama, the layoffs include staff members who worked in production, various art departments, game design, narrative design and UI/UX design.
. Playtonic only lists around 50 staff members on LinkedIn, but given the studios growth into a publisher and its upcoming release ofWhile Playtonic likely isn't safe from the problems of funding and selling games that other developers have, hiring up for a new project likeand then laying those new hires off before the game is released is a fairly common practice. There's no way to know if that's the case here without more information, but it's worth stating.In fact, many of the games Playtonic has published under its"Playtonic Friends" publishing label fall in that Rare sweet spot, whether its the cute action-adventure game
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