Layoffs Hit Sony’s Sucker Punch Studio

<p>Sony has confirmed that they have laid off a number of staff at the Washington based Sucker Punch Productions&period; In a statement to IGN&comma; the company said&comma; &&num;8221&semi;<span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;333435&semi;">SCEA can confirm a reduction in workforce has taken place at Sucker Punch Productions&period; Sucker Punch is appreciative of the tremendous work team members contributed to the inFAMOUS and Sly Cooper series&comma; and wishes them the best in their next endeavors&period;&&num;8221&semi; So far the number of layoffs has not been revealed&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sucker Punch&comma; which formed in 1997&comma; was bought by Sony in 2011 after working with the publisher for many years&period; The studio&&num;8217&semi;s latest game was the PS4 exclusive<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;infamous-second-son-review&sol;"> Infamous&colon; Second Son<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2014&sol;08&sol;20&sol;infamous-dev-sucker-punch-suffers-layoffs">IGN<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;