British firm Antstream laid off a “small quantity” of employees engaged on its retro recreation platform, Antstream Arcade.
In an announcement to GamesIndustry, Antstream attributed the reductions to a “strategic shift in focus internally.” The assertion got here days after former PR supervisor Diane Hutchinson and UI designer Robyn Jamieson revealed they have been impacted.
“This resolution was not made calmly,” it wrote, “and we might be working to assist these affected all through the method. Antstream Arcade stays devoted to delivering the absolute best expertise to our gamers.”
Antstream Arcade first launched in 2019 after the corporate was based in 2013 by Steve Cottam. The cloud-based service consists of video games from older consoles just like the NES, Atari 2600, and unique PlayStation.
Each Tencent and Atari beforehand invested cash into the platform, which is obtainable on computer systems, Android, and varied good TVs. In July 2023, it got here to Xbox One and Xbox Sequence X|S because the console’s first third-party cloud service.
Antstream’s layoffs have been preceded by reductions at Nexon America and Smite creator Hello-Rez Studios days earlier. This week additionally noticed the closure of Studio Black Flag, the group behind the upcoming survival recreation Orphan Age.
Extra employees cuts are additionally on the horizon within the recreation business. XR Video games and Sharkmob mentioned they’re every present process consultations to find out if extra staff might be laid off.
