Rare _Restructuring_, Job Losses A Possibility

In January, Microsoft started “reviewing” a few things. Cut some jobs, that sort of stuff. That “review” now shines its light on Rare, where belts are to be tightened, and jobs might be lost. https://kotaku.com/bulk-of-microsofts-1400-job-cuts-to-strike-entertainm-5137601(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); In comments released to the British press today, the company stated a number of aims going forward that seemed a tad redundant, since they outlined a goal to do…exactly what Rare have been doing for the past 2-3 years. Expand the Xbox userbase, work on Xbox Live stuff, yada yada yada. Of more intrest are these comments from studio manager Mark Betteridge: As the entire industry struggles to address the increasing scale and cost of development, we too have felt a need to restructure our current approach [[link]] so we can speed development and better manage the scale required to create high quality games. Sound ominous? Could well be, as he continues: In order to achieve these goals, the company is reviewing the current composition of its development teams and there is the possibility that a small number of current positions could be lost as a result of these changes. So job losses, [[link]] probably, but it also sounds [[link]] like a project or two may have been canned as well. Rare restructures to simplify development process [GI.biz]