Indignant Birds studio Rovio is shedding 36 workers, partly on account of cellular recreation Indignant Birds Dream Blast not producing as a lot cash because it had hoped.
The puzzle spin-off was launched in 2018 however has seemingly didn’t take off in an enormous manner, leaving Rovio upset by its general efficiency.
MobileGamer.biz reviews that 36 workers are being laid off, with its supply stating that a few of these layoffs embrace senior workers on Indignant Birds Dream Blast.
A Rovio spokesperson confirmed to the publication that the studio was rearranging its studio construction, partly to enhance the standard of its output and partly to raised combine with Sega, which acquired Rovio two years in the past.
“No video games have been cancelled however Indignant Birds Dream Blast has sadly not been performing as anticipated,” the spokesperson informed CellGamer.biz. “We’ve got been renewing our organisation this autumn in response to certainly one of our video games underperforming and in an effort to higher reply to the market, to maneuver in the direction of a extra game-centric strategy, and to have the ability to iterate quick on new recreation concepts.
“We’re creating new enterprise items, reorganising a few of our recreation studios and reallocating a few of the video games developed in them. For instance, Puzzle studio in Finland will probably be specializing in fewer video games as a few of their video games change into an impartial enterprise unit and our Barcelona workplace will cater to extra video games than it has completed, to date.
“We’re additionally making some adjustments in our administration construction to mirror our position as a non-listed firm, in addition to tightening our relationships with SEGA. With this our CEO is spending extra time round our completely different Rovio places and on the SEGA of Europe workplace. These adjustments resulted in adjustments in some roles, the creation of a number of new roles and a complete of 36 staff being made redundant.”
Sega accomplished its acquisition of Rovio in August 2023, saying it hoped the Indignant Birds studio would bolster its personal dwell service cellular recreation portfolio.
On the time, Sega stated it needed to make use of “Rovio’s distinctive know-how in dwell service cellular recreation operation to convey Sega’s present and new titles to the worldwide cellular gaming market, the place there may be massive potential.”
On the identical time, Sega additionally claimed that Rovio desires to transcend cellular video games and Sega needed to assist it accomplish this. “Rovio is aiming to develop its platform exterior of cellular gaming, and Sega will actively look to help this course of via its capabilities,” it stated.
