Niantic Laying off 230 Employees

Niantic Laying off 230 Employees

Business Companies

30 June 2023 15:45

Niantic is laying off 230 employees and canceling ‘NBA All-World’ and ‘Marvel: World of Heroes".Leaked memo from the company said “I have made the decision to narrow our focus for mobile game investments, concentrating on first party games that most strongly embody our core values of location and local social communities, The mobile gaming market is very mature and only the best and most differentiated titles have a chance to succeed. We also want to increase our focus on building for the emerging class of MR devices and future AR glasses.”

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Niantic Laying off 230 Employees

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30 June 2023 15:45

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Niantic is laying off 230 employees and canceling ‘NBA All-World’ and ‘Marvel: World of Heroes".Leaked memo from the company said “I have made the decision to narrow our focus for mobile game investments, concentrating on first party games that most strongly embody our core values of location and local social communities, The mobile gaming market is very mature and only the best and most differentiated titles have a chance to succeed. We also want to increase our focus on building for the emerging class of MR devices and future AR glasses.”

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