Just Cause and Mad Max developer Avalanche Studios has announced that it will be laying off some of its employees, and that it intends to close down its UK location.
In a news update on its official website, Avalanche says these layoffs are happening in order to "best ensure Avalanche Studios Group's long-term success", blaming "current challenges to [its] business and the industry".
The developer's UK location, which is based in Liverpool, will be closed, and staff reductions will also be happening at its Malmo and Stockholm offices, although Avalanche stops short of revealing exactly how many employees will be losing their jobs, or which departments the layoffs will hit hardest.
The studio closes by saying that its "immediate focus" is helping those who are losing their jobs, and that it remains "deeply committed to providing amazing games" to its "passionate player communities".
News of Avalanche Studios' layoffs and UK studio closure comes after reports that Contraband, the game the studio was working on for Xbox Game Studios, was canceled as part of a wider wave of layoffs and cancellations at Microsoft.
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