Mortal Kombat Developer NetherRealm Hit With Layoffs - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 August 2024 / 3,310 Views
Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm Studios has been hit with layoffs.
NetherRealm Studios Quality Assurance Analyst Tony Lazzara in a post on LinkedIn stated the entire mobile team at the studio has been laid off.
"Unfortunately, yesterday Netherrealm’s mobile team was shut down," said Lazzara. "A ton of very talented people were put out of work. We had live services on multiple titles such as Mortal Kombat Mobile, Injustice 2, and Mortal Kombat Onslaught.
"I was also affected. Every single person I've worked with on that team is an amazing collaborator, passionate, and very creative."
Insider Gaming has reported that at least 50 people at NetherRealm Studios have been laid off.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Well on the one hand more layoffs are bad.
On the other hand....eh, mobile department. Still bad but not as bad as console developers.
No. The mobile team just worked on phone games.
I think MK1 on Switch is another Saber project.
Makes sense. Then I guess it's nothing of value lost to us console/PC gamers.
Yeah, the headline should have just said the mobile team was let go. That's much less significant than the real MK games.
Hardware is a dying breed will be niche just like physical media in the coming decades watch
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