Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Rocksteady hit by layoffs after Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League underperforms WWW.EUROGAMER.NET Rocksteady staff have told Eurogamer of redundancies at the studio, following the underperformance of Suicide Squad: Ki… Quote Rocksteady staff have told Eurogamer of redundancies at the studio, following the underperformance of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. The company's QA department has seen its size almost cut in half over the past month, Eurogamer understands, from 33 team members to 15, with poor sales of Suicide Squad directly cited as a reason for its "restructuring". The job losses extend outside of QA, too. One staff member posting publicly on social media over the weekend revealed they had been told they were being made redundant in the middle of their paternity leave. Eurogamer has contacted Suicide Squad publisher Warner Bros. for comment, but has so far not received a response. Rocksteady staff - who requested to remain anonymous - told Eurgamer that the loss of so many roles in the developer's QA department, including team members with specialised knowledge, would leave their remaining colleagues shouldered with more work. There has also been an acknowledgement by Rocksteady's senior management that product quality will now suffer as a result, staff say. Staff members affected by the job cuts include numerous junior staff, but also several team members employed at Rocksteady for more than five years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Least surprising layoffs yet. Still sucks though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Keyser_Soze Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 The biggest surprise is that it took so long. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 I mean can we place the blame at WB & Zaslav's feet solely, OR, was it prior leadership in the upper echelon's of WB as a whole prior or additionally to? All the stories that have come out with what SHOULD have been the next Rocksteady Batman title(s) versus what ultimately was released to the public, shameful on every level IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 2 Author Share Posted September 2 51 minutes ago, SoberChef said: I mean can we place the blame at WB & Zaslav's feet solely, OR, was it prior leadership in the upper echelon's of WB as a whole prior or additionally to? All the stories that have come out with what SHOULD have been the next Rocksteady Batman title(s) versus what ultimately was released to the public, shameful on every level IMHO. This situation pre-dates Zaslav by quite a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Had a feeling that was it, been going on since about 2016/2017 right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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