Mafia 3 Dev Hangar 13 Hit With Layoffs

<p>Despite shipping over 5 million copies of Mafia 3&comma; Hangar 13 has had layoffs enacted by 2K&period; They have confirmed the news with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;articles&sol;despite-setting-a-2k-record-mafia-3-dev-hit-with-l&sol;1100-6456811&sol;&quest;ftag&equals;GSS-05-10aab8e&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;trueAnthem&colon;&plus;Trending&plus;Content&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;content&equals;5a85ff5f3ed3f0000796df72&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;trueAnthem&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitter">GameSpot<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;big-layoffs-hit-mafia-iii-developer-hangar-13-1823047167">Kotaku<&sol;a> Thursday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They said to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;articles&sol;despite-setting-a-2k-record-mafia-3-dev-hit-with-l&sol;1100-6456811&sol;&quest;ftag&equals;GSS-05-10aab8e&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;trueAnthem&colon;&plus;Trending&plus;Content&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;content&equals;5a85ff5f3ed3f0000796df72&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;trueAnthem&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitter">GameSpot<&sol;a>&comma; <em>&&num;8220&semi;2K can confirm that there have been staff reductions at Hangar 13 in order to ensure that the studio&&num;8217&semi;s resources are properly aligned with its long-term development plans&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; they also mentioned that the <em>&&num;8220&semi;reductions will not influence 2K&&num;8217&semi;s ability to create and deliver its products that are currently in development&period; We never take these matters lightly&comma; and are working with the affected employees to support them and explore potential opportunities throughout our organization&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We have not been told how many people exactly have been let go&period; GameSpot followed up on the story reported by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;big-layoffs-hit-mafia-iii-developer-hangar-13-1823047167">Kotaku<&sol;a>&comma; who said that a reduction of a <em>&&num;8220&semi;significant number of staff&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> has been made at the studio&period; Kotaku has received the same report from 2K since&period; GameSpot reports that Hangar 13&&num;8217&semi;s staff count &&num;8220&semi;was in the neighborhood of 150 people&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;mafia-iii-collectors-edition-detailed&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>Mafia 3<&sol;em><&sol;a> released on October 7th&comma; 2016 and was 2K Games&&num;8217&semi; fastest selling game ever &lpar;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;2&sol;13502596&sol;mafia-3-fastest-selling-game-2k-games">via Polygon<&sol;a>&rpar; with over 4&period;5 million copies sold in a week&comma; despite its critical panning&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;borderlands-2-writer-leaves-gearbox&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>Borderlands 2<&sol;em><&sol;a>&comma; however&comma; remains as its highest selling title&period; 2K also offered a season pass for the game and it came with 3 expansions&period; <em>Faster&comma; Baby&excl;<&sol;em> had you partnering with Roxy Laveau to bring justice to Sheriff &&num;8220&semi;Slim&&num;8221&semi; Beaumont and his gang&comma; <em>Stones Unturned <&sol;em>had the player joining CIA agent John Donovan to stop a blood feud in Vietnam&comma; and <em>Sign of the Times<&sol;em> had you going after a cult and stopping them from doing killing rituals in the inner city&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Parent company of 2K&comma; Take Two Interactive&comma; currently has plans to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;red-dead-redemption-2-release-date-announced&sol;">release Rockstar Games&&num;8217&semi; <em>Red Dead Redemption 2<&sol;em> <&sol;a>this October for PS4 and Xbox One&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"incontent-ad-wrap" class&equals;"js-mapped-ad mapped-ad mapped-incontent-ad mapped-incontent-ad-dart" data-ad-type&equals;"incontent-ad">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"incontent-ad" class&equals;"ad-wrap ad-wrap-incontent-ad" data-google-query-id&equals;"COOs6uH0qNkCFYiTfgodKv8EgA"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;