Smite 2 developer adds to the 2025 layoff tally with ‘massive’ staff cuts
As 2025 seems adamant to follow in the previous year’s footsteps, yet another studio has been hit with significant layoffs and downsizing. This time around it’s Hi-Rez Studios, the developer behind the popular third-person MOBA, Smite 2, who has cut dozens of jobs for the second time in six months.
According to a Feb. 6 report from Game Developer, Hi-Rez Studios seems to have downsized its SMITE 2 team, cutting “nearly 30 employees” with potentially more having lost their jobs. Hi-Rez Studios also appears to have approached the matter discretely, with the affected employees themselves using social media posts to let everyone know that they have, indeed, lost their job at Hi-Rez. Many have responded to a Feb. 6 Reddit thread compiling all of the social media posts from former Hi-Rez Studios employees, most of whom are now actively looking for new ventures.
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