Sony Interactive Entertainment confirmed to the resource , which eliminated one of its internal studios. We are talking about a British team whose headquarters were located in Manchester.
Sony's Manchester division was established in 2015 to work on VR games. The newly formed company was named North West Studio, but later renamed Manchester Studio.
Since its founding, the studio has not managed to release anything - until recently, Manchester Studio was working on some unannounced project for virtual reality helmets.
Sony Interactive Entertainment explained its decision by the desire to increase its own βproductivity and operational efficiency.β Manchester Studio, apparently, was not on track with these plans.
It is believed that due to the dissolution of Manchester Studio, all of its staff were fired rather than reassigned to other studios. Employees left without work have already Cooperative Innovations, specializing in VR games.
Manchester Studio is the third UK studio to be axed by Sony in four years. Closed its doors in 2016 (Motorstorm series, Driveclub), and in 2017 it was the turn ().
The two remaining British teams at Sony's disposal are Media Molecule, which is preparing to release the Dreams gaming toolkit, and London Studio, which released the VR action film Blood & Truth in 2019.
Source: 3dnews.ru