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THQ confirms Volition, Kaos layoffs
THQ confirmed to Gamasutra that this week it laid off over 30 employees across Homefront house Kaos Studios and Red Faction developer Volition.
“We have had to let go of 16 employees at Volition, our studio in Champaign, Illinois. We must adjust our workforce to fit the studio’s current needs, which is a relatively common occurrence in the game development industry. Steps are being taken to ensure team members affected by the transition are treated with appropriate concern. The changes are not expected to affect any current or future titles in development with Volition.”
“Kaos has a dedicated team in place that will continue to support Homefront with an ongoing, robust DLC and content plan, as well as working on pre-production for future games. We have made changes to ensure that the team size aligns to the current stages of internal product development.” - THQ statement