Gameloft Toronto Studio Layoffs Majority of Employees Terminated

TapTechNews June 28th news, according to GamesIndustry.biz's report on the 27th local time, most of the employees at the well-known mobile game major Gameloft's Toronto studio have been laid off (the studio's personnel scale has not been disclosed for the time being).

It is reported that only human resources, information technology and management are not affected by the layoffs, and the game Disney Dream Kingdom launched by Gameloft in 2016 will be transferred to Gameloft's studio in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Allegedly, all employees engaged in the development of this game in Toronto have been laid off, involving about 49 people.

In addition, the studio's community manager Tasha Huggins also posted on LinkedIn to announce that she experienced the last day at Gameloft Toronto. From today, there are many excellent talents just entering the market. If you are interviewing anyone from the Gameloft Toronto/Disney Dream Kingdom team, please contact me. I would be happy to have the opportunity to talk about how excellent they are again.

TapTechNews found out that Gameloft Toronto studio launched two rounds of layoffs in February and April this year, and another project the studio is developing has also been cancelled.

Gameloft responded to the layoffs, saying that due to the current situation of the game market, the studio needs to reduce the number of employees.

As a company, we need to constantly review our production capacity. After careful consideration, in order to deal with the constantly changing market environment we are facing, it is necessary to lay off employees.

Regrettably, this has led to a significant reduction in the production activities of our Toronto studio, and some office employees have been laid off. We did not make this decision lightly, and also understand the impact it may have on the relevant employees. We will communicate with them one by one to find the best solution to handle their situation.