Sony Lays Off 900 PlayStation Employees, Closes London Studio & Cancels Projects

Life is Strange dev Deck Nine Games also axes 20% of staff

Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan / PlayStationThe video game industry layoffs continue with Sony’s gaming division PlayStation this week announcing it would be axing “about 8% or about 900 people” across its workforce as part of an organisational restructure.

This impacts employees “across all SIE regions” and several PlayStation studios. In the UK, PlayStation’s London studio is shutting down and there will be staff reductions at Firesprite studio. Staff cuts have also impacted Naughty Dog, Insomniac Games and Guerrilla Games, and some unannounced projects have been cancelled.