Wooga’s next game Claire’s Chronicles: Solitaire has been cancelled, we’re told, and there have been a number of layoffs at the Playtika-owned studio as a result.
At the time of writing around 10 Wooga staff have posted on LinkedIn about the layoffs, but there may be more to come.
The June’s Journey and Pearl’s Peril maker has laid off staff in art, production, economy, design, data and more, according to multiple LinkedIn posts.
We asked Wooga and parent company Playtika’s PR reps for comment, but they declined.
[Update: pocketgamer.biz reports the number of layoffs is around 50. Wooga and Playtika’s PR reps declined to confirm or deny the number of staff affected.]
Former Youda Games general manager Dennis Korf was appointed as the new Wooga MD earlier this year, after a handover period with predecessor Nai Chang, who spent five years at the helm.
We spoke to Chang late last year about what the firm learned from failed match 3 Switchcraft, and how it was going under Playtika.
Last week, Wooga parent company Playtika posted record Q1 revenue of $706m, up 8.6% sequentially and 8.4% year-over-year, driven partly by last year’s acquisition of Dice Dreams maker SuperPlay.
Net income for the three months ended on March 31 totalled $30.6m, which was down 42.3% YoY, while adjusted EBITDA was $167.3m, a decrease of 9% sequentially and drop of 9.9% YoY.
