Yesterday it became known that Hasbro Corporation decided to lay off over a thousand employees. There was no exact information about who exactly was affected, but Larian Studios head Sven Vincke confirmed that the reduction affected Wizards of the Coast, which is responsible for the D&D franchise.
The developer of Baldur’s Gate 3 wrote about this in “full version” of his speech prepared for TGA 2023:
I also want to thank Wizards of the Coast and especially the D&D team for giving us carte blanche. I’m very sorry to hear that many of you have been laid off. It’s sad to realize that of those with whom we met and discussed the game in the early days, almost no one remains. Hope you all do well.
According to Hasbro CEO Chris Cox, laying off 1,100 of its 6,400 employees is “the lever that needs to be pulled to keep Hasbro healthy.”
Hasbro already laid off 800 people earlier this year.
2023-12-14 12:20:00
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