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Spectre Divide studio Mountaintop lays off 13 staff members

Image through Mountaintop Studios.

Thirteen designers have actually been laid off at Mountaintop Studios, the makers of the tactical multiplayer shooter Spectre Divide.

In a declaration gotten by Polygon’s Nicole Carpenter, Mountaintop CEO Nate Mitchell stated the decreases would “make certain we’re established to support Spectre and its neighborhood for the long-lasting.”

“We can’t thank these staff member enough for their effort and devotion to Spectre these previous couple of years,” he concluded.

Spectre Divide launched for Steam on September 3. The free-to-play title pits 2 groups of 3 gamers versus each other, and enables them to at the same time manage 2 bodies simultaneously.

Mountaintop’s layoffs follow decreases previously today at designers Skybox Labs (an assistance studio for Halo Infinite) and Airship Syndicate (Wayfinder).

Furthermore, 30 authors throughout numerous video game publications under the Gamurs Group were laid off.

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Contributing Editor, GameDeveloper.com

A Kansas City, MO native, Justin Carter has actually composed for many websites consisting of IGN, Polygon, and SyFy Wire. In addition to Game Developer, his writing can be discovered at io9 over on Gizmodo. Do not ask him about just how much gum he’s had, since the response will be more than he’s ready to confess.

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