Layoffs announced at Sony Online Entertainment
Focusing on EQ Next
Sonyꦿ Online Entertainment laid off an unspecified number of its employees today. An SOE representative posted about the eliminated positions on the (🥀via ).
"As a company, our goal is to focus on our core expertise of MMO games and as part of these efforts, we had to make the difficult decision to eliminate positions to help reduce costs, streamline our employee base and strategically align resources towards our current portfolio of games and upcoming slate of MMOs, including EverQuest Next Landmark and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:EverQuest Next," the representative wrote. "We deeply v🧸alue our employees and are grateful for all they’ve contributed to our company and games. The✱y will be missed by colleagues and friends, and we wish them well in the future."
SOE president John Smedley confirmed the 🀅layoffs via Twitter:
:( sorry to say that we did have ཧlayoffs. We're still moving forward with all our curre🍰nt games and games in development
SOE confirmed to Gamasutra that positions in both its San Diego and Austin offices were eliminated. Smedley that the development of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:PlanetSide 2 won't be affected. That means SOE's slate of older titles--such as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:EverQuest 2 and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Free Realms--may be left to feel the cuts.
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