Rock Band developer Harmonix has axed over a tenth of its staff, the company has confirmed.
The 39 redundancies – representing 13 per cent of workforce at the group’s Massachusetts studio – are said to have mainly affected the QA team.
MTV Games told news site Joystiq that the job cuts were not related to EA’s current mass-layoff operation.
The publisher added that those affected “were primarily in QA. The others affected ranged from administrative to other various roles within the company.”
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Playing for the Planet today announced the official go live launch of the 2026 Green Game Jam, with 70 participating games beginning to roll out new in-game environmental activations to players worldwide. The games are launching exclusive coral reef and rainforest themed content, events and challenges to celebrate World Environment Day, with yet more titles joining the festivities in September of this year making this year’s Green Game Jam the biggest to date!
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