Unity, the company behind one of the most used game engines in the world, has laid off another 284 members of staff.
Less than seven months ago, Unity forget about 200 workers because the company looked to “realign a lot of our resources to higher drive focus and support our long-term growth.”
Today (January 18) another 248 have been fired. Unity CEO John Riccitiello explained, using a letter to employees, that the newest cuts came into being following the company “reassessed our objectives, strategies, goals and priorities considering the present economic conditions. In the end remain centered on exactly the same vision, we decided that we need to be more selective in our investments to be released stronger like a company.”
Speaking towards the Wall Street Journal, Riccitiello said: “We’re dealing very specifically with overlap and a handful of projects 're going in the closet.”
It's reported that those projects included technology that will allow individuals to view sporting matches from the angle they wished. “In the current economy, it’s not a good time for you to bring that towards the market,” Riccitiello said. “We're letting that team go despite the fact that we’re thrilled using the work they’ve done.”
Other cuts reportedly included individuals who worked in IT security and marketing.
Despite this, Unity's total workforce has actually increased because of last year's merger with IronSource. Based on the WSJ, Unity's last annual filing using the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it has 5,245 employees but just before today's round of layoffs, it was reported to now have 8,000.
However, Unity was criticised for partnering with IronSource, due to their previous growth and development of a malware installer. Workers at Unity also have asked for better transparency within the company’s various military contracts.
In other news, another War Thunder player has posted military secrets around the official forums in a bid to win an argument about the F-16 fighter plane.
