Several senior staff let go
Onrushwon over criticsbut that didn’t translate to commercial success. As a result, several members of the development team have been let go followingOnrush‘s launch in June.
Eurogamerreports substantial layoffs at Codemasters’ Cheshire, UK studio. Several senior staff and high-ranking people were let go, includingDriveclubandOnrushdirector Paul Rustchynsky. There’s no word as to exactly how many employees were laid off, but Eurogamer’s sources say that the team was “decapitated” by the personnel changes.
This developer was formerly a Sony subsidiary called Evolution Studios. AfterDriveclub‘s underwhelming and troubled launch, Sony officially closed the studio in 2016. Shortly thereafter, Codemasters (which is also based in the UK) hired back all the employees and reopened the studio under its own name.
A Codemasters representative commented on the layoffs by saying “It is normal course of business for game teams to evolve as projects launch and move into service, and as other new projects start. As such, it isn’t appropriate to comment on day to day movement of staff changes.”
For the remaining employees, it’s presumed that they’ll shift over to supporting other Codemasters projects. However,Onrushwill still see its promised schedule of post-release updates.
Layoffs at OnRush dev Evo, Driveclub director Rush let go[Eurogamer]
