US EditionLatest Layoffs At Smite Developer Hi-Rez Studios Hit Executive Leadership, Including The Studio President
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Latest Layoffs At Smite Developer Hi-Rez Studios Hit Executive Leadership, Including The Studio President
Smite 2 developer Hi-Rez Studios has confirmed its third layoff within the last year, though these cuts are different than the layoffs the studio had earlier this year in February and in October 2024. Instead of members of the development team being the ones losing their jobs, it's a few members of the studio's executive leadership, including now-former studio president, Stewart Chisam. Spotted by Insider-Gaming, reports of these cuts first appe…
The bet made by Hi-Rez Studios and Titan Forge to abandon future content additions for {Smite} and to fully commit to {Smite 2} has not yet paid off. A recent series of changes and decisions has caused the studio to face all kinds of problems, to the point that it has recently put an end to the production of a handful of other games, has closed its respective studios and teams, and has diverted all its attention to making the game at that time r…
Smite 2 developer hit by even more layoffs, this time seeing executives departing the studio
The gamble that {Hi-Rez Studios} and {Titan Forge} made to abandon future content additions for {Smite} and to wholly commit to {Smite 2} has not paid off yet. A recent slate of changes and decisions has seen the publisher face all manner of issues, so much so that recently it ended production on a handful of other games, closed down their respective studios and teams, and diverted all attention to making the at-the-time rough {Smite 2} the game…
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