Disney's Avalanche Studio Layoffs

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According to Gamasutra, Disney Interactive Studios has laid off between 15 to 20 employees from its Salt Lake City, Utah, based Avalanche Studio on September 1. A Disney representative has confirmed the layoffs, "Avalanche Software has completed a restructuring that resulted in the reduction of a small number of positions." There are around 170 employees remaining.

This isn't the first layoffs from Disney Interactive Studios, "as its parent company changes focus from console-based retail games to online and social titles. Reports earlier this year stated that a significant amount of employees within Disney Interactive were let go."

Avalanche Studios was founded in 1995 and was acquired by Disney in May of 2005. Avalanche has developed several games on Disney IP including "Chicken Little, Meet the Robinsons, Hannah Montana Spotlight World Tour, and Bolt."