Avalanche Studios Group has introduced important restructuring plans that may see 50 workers laid off and its US and Canadian studios closed.
The transfer will consequence within the firm lowering its complete workforce by roughly 9 %.
Avalanche will shut its New York and Montreal studios, leaving it with areas in Stockholm and Malmo in Sweden, and Liverpool within the UK.
“That is an exceptionally troublesome resolution, however we consider it’s obligatory to make sure a steady and sustainable future for the corporate,” Avalanche mentioned in a assertion.
“Our focus is now on supporting all Avalanchers by way of this difficult time. We’re grateful for the invaluable contributions of these leaving and stay dedicated to creating unimaginable gaming experiences for our gamers.”
Avalanche, which celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2023, specialises in open-world video games. As properly its Simply Trigger collection, it developed 2015’s Mad Max and co-developed 2019’s Rage 2 with id Software program.
It solely introduced plans to open its Canadian workplace final October, following the acquisition of Monster Closet, a Montreal-based studio based in 2021 by a staff of veteran sport builders with a shared historical past of working at Ubisoft.
Avalanche is at present engaged on Contraband, which is about to be printed by Xbox Recreation Studios for console and PC.
The brand new IP, which is billed as “a co-op smuggler’s paradise set within the fictional world of Nineteen Seventies Bayan”, will reportedly be centered on vehicular fight.
