Guitar Hero Live Developer Finds Redundancies

<p>FreeStyle Games&comma; the developer behind last year’s late music game <em>Guitar Hero Live<&sol;em> has identified several unneeded staff&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Eurogamer&comma; about 50 members of the team of over 100 staff have been identified as redundant&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Though actions were taken to retain staff from FreeStyle Games&comma; the affected members were let go&period; FreeStyle Games&comma; however&comma; will remain open&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Activision and FreeStyle Games leadership have been considering a range of future options for the studio&comma; and have been consulting with staff to explore all alternatives&period; The collective team have now reached the end of a consultation exercise and the decision has been made to restructure FreeStyleGames to better align the studio resources with future business needs&period; We are working with the studio teams to explore options to rebalance staff within Activision Blizzard and its related organisations&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We wish the former staff at FreeStyle Games well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2016-04-01-layoffs-at-guitar-hero-live-dev-but-freestyle-games-to-remain-open" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Eurogamer<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;