Smite 2 Developer Hi-Rez has apparently laid off 50-60 employees and stopped development on three games: Rogue Company, Paladins, and Smite 1.
Several now-former employees of Hi-Rez took to social media saying that they had been laid off, and the layoffs look like they impact a variety of departments from designers, QA, marketing, and social media.
A Twitter user posted a message presumably from Hi-Rez CEO Stewart Chisam that stated that the reduction impacted the Rally Here, Evil Mojo, and Titan Forge Games divisions. Additionally, Rogue Company, Paladins, and Smite 1 will no longer receive major updates, but the servers will remain up for the foreseeable future.
Smite 2 is currently in early access, and looks to be Hi-Rez’s sole focus going forward. The aforementione…
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