Pokémon Go the developer is laying off eight percent of its workforce, which is said to be around 85-90 jobs. The augmented reality game company also canceled four projects. CEO John Hanke reportedly wrote in an email to employees that Niantic “is facing a period of economic turmoil” and needs to “further streamline our operations to best position the company” to weather any future economic turmoil.
“We’ve recently decided to shut down production on some projects and reduce our workforce by about eight percent to focus on our core priorities,” said a Niantic spokesperson. , reported this first news. We are grateful for the contributions of those who left Niantic and support them through this difficult transition.”
One of the shelved games Transformers: Heavy Metal. Niantic and Hasbro have been testing it in some markets since last summer. Niantic has also canned an immersive theater project called. hamlet. He was working on this project with Punchdrunk, the theater group behind an immersive production. Macbeth wanted sleep more. The other two racks are called projects blue sky and Snowball.
Niantic has yet to catch up with 2016’s lightning-in-the-bottle success . An AR game based on Harry Potter, the company said earlier this year. Bloomberg notes on which titles are based katan (which) and it was not successful either.
News of layoffs and project cancellations came a day after Niantic , a basketball game made in collaboration with the NBA and the league’s players association. Meanwhile, the company will release an app soon. . He is also working on an original game called and cooperate with other companies.
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