Keywords subsidiary Lively Games hit with ‘small’ layoffs in studio restructuring

Keywords subsidiary Lively Games hit with ‘small’ layoffs in studio restructuring

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Screenshot from the mobile game Detonation Racing.

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Lively Studio hasactually laid off a “small” number of personnel, according to GamesIndustry.

Sources speaking to the outlet claim these cuts were stimulated by a current evaluation from momsanddad business Keywords Studios. The business is improving “certain locations” of its company inbetween Lively and the untouched brotherorsister studio Electric Square.

Mobile videogame market troubles this month

Even so, it’s another blow to the mobile videogame market. Last week, NetherRealm eliminated its Mortal Kombat mobile videogame (and team), and the summerseason likewise saw cuts at Pokémon Go co-dev Very Very Spaceship.

“This choice…was made with the long-lasting health of the business in mind,” Lively stated in a declaration to GamesIndustry. “We value the difficult work and commitment of all our staffmembers and appearance forward to a brilliant future with continued development and development.”

Lively was in truth established by ex-Electric Square staffers, and deal comparable advancement services. The 2 studios have likewise teamedup on the mobile videogames Warped Kart Racers and Detonation Racing.

Separately, Electric Square helped with advancement on current videogames like Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR, Need for Speed: Unbound, and Lords of the Fallen.

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