NetEase-Owned SkyBox Labs Slashes Workforce Due To 'Unprecedented Challenges'
NetEase-Owned SkyBox Labs Slashes Workforce Due To 'Unprecedented Challenges'
SkyBox Labs has contributed to significant co-development projects. Halo Infinite, Minecraft, and Fallout 76 are among the titles it developed. The recent layoffs come less than two years after Chinese gaming giant Canadian game developer SkyBox Labs has laid off 25 employees, becoming the latest studio affected by the sweeping economic difficulties plaguing the gaming industry.
加拿大遊戲廠商SkyBox Labs裁員25名員工，成爲受到遊戲行業廣泛經濟困難困擾的最新工作室。
In a statement shared on LinkedIn last week, SkyBox said: "Today we informed our studio that we made a reduction to our staff at SkyBox."
SkyBox在上週的LinkedIn聲明中表示：「今天，我們通知工作室，SkyBox的員工數量有所減少。」
"In total, 25 people from our studio have been affected. Despite all our best efforts, we are not immune to the unprecedented challenges that have impacted so many companies in the industry."
「總共，我們工作室的25人受到影響。儘管我們盡最大努力，但我們也無法倖免於影響了行業許多公司的前所未有的挑戰。」
SkyBox Labs has contributed to significant co-development projects. Halo Infinite, Minecraft, and Fallout 76 are among the titles it developed. The recent layoffs come less than two years after Chinese gaming giant NetEase Inc (NASDAQ:NTES) acquired the studio.
SkyBox Labs爲重大的共同開發項目做出了貢獻。《光環：無限 Halo Infinite》、《我的世界Minecraft》和《輻射76 Fallout 76》是其開發的部分作品。最近的裁員發生在中國遊戲巨頭網易公司納斯達克(NASDAQ:NTES)收購該工作室不到兩年之後。
Despite the backing of a major publisher, SkyBox's struggles reflect a broader trend in the industry. Nowadays, developers face a combination of rising production costs, increased competition, and evolving market demands.
儘管有一家主要發行商的支持，SkyBox的困境反映了行業的更廣泛趨勢。如今，開發者面臨着不斷上升的生產成本、增加的競爭以及不斷演變的市場需求的組合。
"Every impacted employee will be fully supported through severance, extended benefits, career transition services, and connection to other resources to provide them with the assistance they require during this difficult time," the company promised.
「每位受影響的員工都將得到充分的支持，包括賠償金、延長福利、職業過渡服務，以及與其他資源的聯繫，以在這個艱難時期提供他們所需的幫助，」該公司承諾。
Industry-Wide Pressures
行業範圍的夾擊
Numerous studios, both large and small, have been forced to adjust. The post-pandemic environment is marked by rising costs and shifting consumer expectations.
許多大大小小的工作室不得不作出調整。後疫情時期特徵着成本上漲和消費者期望的變化。
Game development timelines have become longer, production budgets have skyrocketed, and monetization strategies have come under intense scrutiny.
遊戲廠商開發時間線變得更長，製作預算飆升，盈利策略受到嚴格審查。
SkyBox and other studios specializing in co-development must maintain profitability while navigating the demands of larger publishers. This adds yet another layer of complexity.
SkyBox和其他專門從事共同開發的工作室必須在滿足大型發行商需求的同時保持盈利能力。這增加了另一層複雜性。
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