There is still fallout a day after Activision dropped a bombshell by cancelling True Crime: Hong Kong and killing the Guitar Hero and DJ Hero series’. Develop is now reporting that Vicarious Visions has been targeted for cutbacks with “around fifty layoffs” hitting the developer. The source of the report also notes that 50 is “easily a quarter of the studio’s staff”.
These 50 layoffs are all apart of Activision’s company-wide plan to cut around 500 positions. The mega-publisher has also shut down seven studios, with DJ Hero developer Freestyle Games on the verge of also being shut down.
Vicarious Visions is mainly known for developing games for the Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero series’.
