Hangar 13, the studio behind Mafia 3 and Mafia: Definitive Edition, has announced layoffs. Hangar 13’s 3 facilities have all been affected by cutbacks, with the California division reduced to less than half of its employees throughout the creation of Mafia 3 as per a recent source. In audio acquired by Kotaku, new production director Nick Baynes says, “I know that stinks.” Baynes has taken over for Haden Blackman, who resigned late last month together with Matthew Urban, the studio’s COO. Other employees left as well, maybe anticipating another round of redundancies.
Novato, California, was perhaps the most impacted of the company’s three divisions in terms of layoffs, with about 50 people losing their jobs. “sorry for not being present to give this message, but I have a lot on my plate right now. The time has come for me to come over “From Brighton, Baynes informed Novato employees. You require “strong management and organization, and we’re focusing on it.” “I understand you want this, and we’ll get it.”
2K Verified It
This was verified in a press release from 2K Games:
“At a time when the company is through a difficult but potentially hopeful change, 2K is completely dedicated towards the title’s continuation. Certain roles have been cut as well as several coworkers have been let go as a portion of our continuing reviews to guarantee that our assets are matched with our aims. Extremely tough to make these kinds of judgments. For those individuals who cannot be reassigned, we are reconnecting them with business connections and tools to help them explore new job possibilities beyond 2K. We are doing all we can to help the affected workers find new jobs on other 2K initiatives and groups.”
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As a consequence of a number of canceled initiatives, Hangar 13 has had to cut jobs earlier as well. Despite spending $53 million on production, 2K shelved a game called “Volt.” Mafia: Definitive Edition’s Hangar 13 has apparently been utilized as a supporting facility for various 2K works, notably Tiny Tina’s Wonderland, Kerbal Space Program 2, as well as Marvel’s Midnight Suns.
Mafia 4 and a Top Spin tennis simulation dubbed “Project Hammer,” which is scheduled to be released earlier than the Mafia prologue, are anticipated to be supported by personnel formerly working on other projects, as per Kotaku insiders. For the time being, Hangar 13 would be working on these two games.
