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Square Enix has part of a restructuring will be laying off staff in the US and Enix, according to VideoGamesChronicle who spoke with employees who attended an internal meeting.
Square Enix president Takashi Kiryu in the internal meeting said the American and European division of the company will be hit with layoffs over the course of the next month.
It isn’t known how many will be laid off, however, publishing, IT, and Square Enix’s Collective indie games are where the majority of the layoffs will happen. Those laid off will be informed this week.
Square Enix in its latest earnings report said it will be putting less focus on releasing exclusive titles and shift its strategy to release more multiplatform titles for Nintendo consoles, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
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