Image source, Insomiac Games Image caption, Insomniac Games, which established Spider-Man 2, is one of the studios impacted by the cuts By Tom Gerken Technology pressreporter Sony has revealed it will lay off 8% of PlayStation staffmembers worldwide, amounting to around 900 individuals. In addition to cuts in the UnitedStates and Japan, the videogaming giant stated this would imply closing PlayStation’s London Studio completely. In a blogsite post sharing an e-mail sentout to workers, manager Jim Ryan called the relocation “sad news” and stated it was “a tough day at our business”. “We have concluded that hard choices have endupbeing inescapable,” he stated. “The management group and I made the extremely hard choice to restructure operations, which unfortunately consistsof a decrease in our laborforce affecting really talented people who have contributed to our success.” The cuts come a month after competitor Microsoft exposed prepares to lay off 1,900 individuals in its videogaming department, which consistedof those at recently-acquired Activision-Blizzard. “Sony is one of the huge pillars of UK videogame advancement cultur
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