Take-Two Interactive is reportedly shutting down OlliOlli, Rollerdrome developer Roll7 and Kerbal House Program 2 developer Intercept Video games. This report comes from Bloomberg a month after Take-Two acquired Borderlands developer Gearbox Leisure for $460 million.
Take-Two engaged on severance for OlliOlli studio, will proceed to assist Kerbal House Program 2
Bloomberg‘s Jason Schreier claims to have seen inner Take-Two paperwork detailing the closures. Based on him, Take-Two is engaged on severance packages for these presently employed by OlliOlli developer Roll7. The British studio was based 16 years in the past and most just lately labored on Rollerdrome.
Bloomberg says the paperwork comprise comparable plans for Intercept Video games. Take-Two has understandably refused to expose specifics, however has filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice mentioning a everlasting closure in Seattle — the place Intercept relies — affecting 70 workers.
Take-Two individually advised Game Developer that it’s going to proceed to assist Kerbal House Program 2.
“On April sixteenth, Take-Two introduced a price discount program to determine efficiencies throughout its enterprise and to reinforce the Firm’s margin profile, whereas nonetheless investing for development,” reads an announcement Take-Two offered to a number of retailers. “As a part of these efforts, the Firm is rationalizing its pipeline and eliminating a number of initiatives in improvement and streamlining its organizational construction, which can get rid of headcount and cut back future hiring wants.”