Guerrilla Games is reportedly cutting 10% of its workforce as part of wider layoffs announced on Tuesday by parent company Sony Interactive Entertainment.
The Amsterdam, Netherlands-based studio plans to lay off about 40 of its over 400 employees, sources told Dutch newspaperAD.
Guerrilla, which was acquired bySonyin 2005, is best known for the Horizon and Killzone series.
Its most recent game,Horizon Forbidden West, was released forPS4andPS5in February 2022, andhad sold 8.4 million copiesby April 2023. It will bereleased for PC next month.
Guerrilla has been working on an online projectset in the Horizon universe and has also promised more “epic solo adventures” starring series protagonist Aloy.
PlayStationsaid today that it plans tolay off 900 employees worldwide, or about 8% or its workforce.
The move will include staff cuts atSpider-ManstudioInsomniacand Last of Us developerNaughty Dogin the US.
PlayStation’sLondon Studiois being shut down, while fellow UK developer Firesprite has also been hit with layoffs.
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Commenting on today’s restructuring, PlayStation Studios head and former Guerrilla managing directorHermen Hulstsaid the company is “reevaluating how we operate”, and that the layoffs have resulted in the cancellation of unnamed game projects.
Sony has reportedlycancelled a Twisted Metal live service gamepreviously in development at Firesprite as part of the restructuring plans.
