Niantic pulls off personnel and cancels games after announcing NBA All-World: Pokémon Go was a massive smash for Niantic, but one big-time blockbuster isn’t enough to sustain a whole company. Unfortunately, the creator hasn’t been able to achieve the same levels of success since that mobile game’s 2016 debut.
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, one of the sequels, discontinued after around 2.5 years on the market. Now Niantic has forced to abandon several initiatives and fire several of its employees.
Bloomberg broke the story after looking into an email that CEO John Hanke sent to the Niantic staff. Hanke said the corporation will be canceling four projects, citing “a moment of economic upheaval.”
These include Hamlet (a partnership with the immersive theatrical production Sleep No More), Transformers: Heavy Metal, and two unreleased games with the codenames Blue Sky and Snowball.
Along with canceling those games, 85 to 90 Niantic staff will also lose their employment. This equates to around 8% of the whole workforce.
Layoffs and cancellations seldom happen at a convenient moment, but this news does. As of this writing, Niantic has just released NBA All-World, a mobile augmented reality game created in partnership with the top basketball league.
Even if the official website featured more information regarding the game’s difficulties and prizes, very little has been reported. A launch trailer was made available, although it omitted any gameplay clips.
It simply announced that the game was in development, which may now be in doubt given Niantic’s financial difficulties.
Regarding Pokémon Go, Niantic does seem to be keeping up the investment on its top success. In addition, the Pokémon Spotlight Hour schedule for July has release. Thus, the game seems to be doing well now.
Niantic pulls off personnel and cancels games after announcing NBA All-World
In addition, the game’s anniversary event, which takes place in July, will reinstate Dialga in raids.
Pokémon Go was a massive smash for Niantic, but one big-time blockbuster isn’t enough to sustain a whole company. Unfortunately, the creator hasn’t been able to achieve the same levels of success since that mobile game’s 2016 debut.
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, one of the sequels, discontinue after around 2.5 years on the market. Now Niantic has forced to abandon several initiatives and fire several of its employees.
Bloomberg broke the story after looking into an email that CEO John Hanke sent to the Niantic staff. Hanke said the corporation will be canceling four projects, citing “a moment of economic upheaval.”
These include Hamlet (a partnership with the immersive theatrical production Sleep No More), Transformers: Heavy Metal, and two unreleased games with the codenames Blue Sky and Snowball.
Along with canceling those games, 85 to 90 Niantic staff will also lose their employment. This equates to around 8% of the whole workforce.
Layoffs and cancellations seldom happen at a convenient moment, but this news does. As of this writing, Niantic has just released NBA All-World, a mobile augmented reality game created in partnership with the top basketball league.
Even if the official website featured more information regarding the game’s difficulties and prizes, very little has report. A launch trailer make available, although it omitted any gameplay clips.
It simply announced that the game was in development, which may now in doubt given Niantic’s financial difficulties.
Regarding Pokémon Go, Niantic does seem to be keeping up the investment on its top success. In addition, the Pokémon Spotlight Hour schedule for July has released. Thus, the game seems to be doing well now.
In addition, the game’s anniversary event, which takes place in July, will reinstate Dialga in raids.