XR Gamesa Leeds-based VR studio known primarily for titles such as Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded and Zombieland VR Head feverjust laid off 86% of its employees, reducing the team to just 12 employees. If we are to believe the former production manager Maria Fernanda Diez Huerta, These layoffs will go beyond simple restructuring and will impact the functionality of all qualifications (art, programming, quality assurance, etc.). No official statement has been made (yet) by XR Games or its CEO Bobby Thandi, and we don't know the reasons for this dark cut even if there is little doubt that the poor reception of Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded, which was released in an unfortunate manner The state on Meta Quest should have a major influence on the decision.
This decision comes at a complicated time for the studio, as the latter has two major projects in production: Zombie Army VR and Starship Troopers: Continuum (for which development is said to be complete). Will Zombie Army VR bear the brunt of this massive wave of layoffs? In any case, it's hard to see how a team of barely 12 people would be able to keep the project afloat.
XR Games isn't the only VR studio facing these layoff plans. nDreams, the Meta's Ready at Dawn, and PlayStation's London Studio were also downsized earlier this year.
