Hi-Rez Studios has recently undergone a restructuring to “focus the business around its top priorities.” On LinkedIn, CEO Stewart Chisam wrote that the studio will now be split across three branches that will operate as independent studios of the newly rebranded Hi-Rez Ventures.
Layoffs have also been part of the restructure, though Chisam did not disclose how many were affected, or if it was relegated to one particular studio. Game Developer has reached out for specifics, and will update when a comment is provided.
The biggest change comes to its subsidiaries. Divine Knockout developer RedBeard Games and Rogue Company creator First Watch Games have been respectively merged with Titan Forge and Evil Mojo.
Additionally, Hi-Rez will on…
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