High Moon Studios Hit With Layoffs

<p>The development team that was working on the upcoming <em>Deadpool<&sol;em> title at High Moon Studios has been hit with layoffs&comma; reports <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;activision-lays-off-high-moon-studios-deadpool-team-466330803">Kotaku<&sol;a>&period; About 40 people&comma; having already finished their work on the game&comma; have been let go&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement to the outlet&comma; Activision detailed the news&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Activision Publishing consistently works to align its costs with its revenues – this is an ongoing process&period; With the completion of development on <em>Deadpool<&sol;em>&comma; we are taking a reduction in staff at High Moon Studios to better align our development talent against our slate&period; Approximately&comma; 40 full-time employees will be impacted globally&period; We are offering those employees who are impacted outplacement counseling services&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To the best of my knowledge&comma; the <em>Deadpool<&sol;em> game still has yet to get a definitive release date&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;t6M014y6a&lowbar;4" height&equals;"315" width&equals;"560" allowfullscreen&equals;"" frameborder&equals;"0"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;