WB Montreal Games is reportedly laying off 99 workers ahead of the holidays

While the gaming industry is preparing for it Awards nightAnd rampant layoffs continue Put a damper on an otherwise joyful pastime. The latest victims are said to be a group of 99 employees at WB Games Montreal.

Radio Canada He says (via Game developer) that many of the laid off employees were subcontractors through Keywords Studios, a company that provides technical and creative services to game companies. Keywords working on quality assurance for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

Speaking of which, the layoffs coincided with Rocksteady’s announcement Stop supporting Suicide Squad On January 14th. (WB Games Montreal helped develop the game.) The game launched last February, which gave it the infamy of lasting less than a year before its publisher pulled the plug. The upcoming season 4 episode 8 will be the last.

according to GamesIndustry.bizOne laid off employee told French-language Radio-Canada they received eight weeks’ notice before being terminated. WB Montreal is said to have given them the choice between joining a call-up list for upcoming projects or receiving help from a job consultant. However, the source said the company doesn’t expect the registry to have any openings until 2026. That’s not much of an option unless someone has savings to burn.

The news comes on the heels of recent layoffs Ubisoft, Xbox/Activision Blizzard And…too many other things to list. The gaming industry is Expected To generate more than $187 billion in 2024, an annual growth of 2.1 percent.