Sony Interactive Entertainment Lays Off Staff Across PlayStation Studios Amid Gaming Industry Cutbacks

Reports of layoffs at Sony Interactive Entertainment and PlayStation Studios, impacting support studios like Visual Arts.

Affected staff include a senior level designer, senior technical recruiter, and character rigging artist.

Layoffs seem to span multiple PlayStation teams and studios like Naughty Dog, Insomniac, and San Diego Studio.

This continues a wave of gaming industry layoffs in 2023, including at Epic, Microsoft, CD Projekt, BioWare, and more.

Reasons are unclear but may relate to economic conditions and post-pandemic changes.