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A heavy bout of Sony restructuring may lead to the loss of almost 50% of the Studio Liverpool workforce.
Last week Sony confirmed that they will be looking to cease production on a number of ongoing projects at Studio Liverpool, the team arguably most famous for their WipEout series including WipEout HD and it's Fury expansion on the PlayStation 3.
The change comes as part of a comprehensive restructure and project prioritisation programme although Sony are remaining positive in a statement saying, "Our North West Studio Group has been, and will continue to be, a vital cog in the WWS family, with a history of producing genre defining games such as MotorStorm, WipEout, Formula 1 and WRC."
In the current financial climate it doesn't come as a surprise that redundancies may need to occur but a rumour has now surfaced that close to 50% of the staff at Studio Liverpool may be let go.
This latest figure comes courtesy of an unnamed inside source talking to Develop as well comments made on GI.Biz by a user registered as SCEE Programmer Paul Ripley who wrote "I would estimate about at least 50% of Studio Liverpool has [just] been culled (myself included). Hard to work out exact numbers at the moment."
We've contacted Sony to get the rumour cleared up but they have yet to respond. We'll be sure to keep you updated as soon as they do but hopefully they'll allocate the remaining staff to other teams and not lose the valuable experience they have.
[Via Joystiq]
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