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Mortal Kombat Developer NetherRealm Hit With Layoffs

Mortal Kombat Developer NetherRealm Hit With Layoffs - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 August 2024 / 3,283 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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6 Comments
KrspaceT (on 22 July 2024)

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.

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Pemalite KrspaceT (on 22 July 2024)

Was it the mobile team that was responsible for the Switch port though?

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Mr Puggsly Pemalite (on 23 July 2024)

No. The mobile team just worked on phone games.

I think MK1 on Switch is another Saber project.

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Pemalite Mr Puggsly (on 23 July 2024)

Makes sense. Then I guess it's nothing of value lost to us console/PC gamers.

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Mr Puggsly Pemalite (on 23 July 2024)

Yeah, the headline should have just said the mobile team was let go. That's much less significant than the real MK games.

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APerfectCircle KrspaceT (on 23 July 2024)

Hardware is a dying breed will be niche just like physical media in the coming decades watch

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