Zynga shutters Baltimore studio, consolidates others
Zynga has announced it is shutting down the Baltimore office, and consolidating locations in New York, Dallas, and Austin.
Following a string of layoffs and managerial shuffling, Zynga has shut down one studio and consolidated the work force of various others. The move impacts approximately 30 people, which is only about 1% of its total workforce.
VentureBeat reports that the Baltimore studio shut down, following news that its leader Brian Reynolds had resigned. Meanwhile, the company consolidated the two studios in Austin into one, the two in New York into one, and moved the McKinney, Texas studio to join the one in Dallas.
Most of the layoffs are to the Baltimore staff, and a Zynga spokesperson said the company is trying to find other jobs within the company for Baltimore staff.
This is just the latest in a long series of unfortunate events for Zynga, following a major stock hit, subsequent class action suit and investigation into insider trading, and an infringement suit. We've also seen the resignations of John Schappert and Mike Verdu, along with prior layoffs.
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This makes me happy because while they put out entertaining games they were certainly not worth the amount of money that flowed into them. They should have concentrated on working to create more unique games instead of milking their freemium shit to death. I wonder what the average duration of a Zygna player is per game? I know I've never lasted more than a month or so with any of their games.
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