Square Enix is placing developers in the UK with us as it reworks its game development structure to focus on its studios in Japan, Video Games Chronicle reports. The restructuring of the weight follows the announcement of the publishers that it is planned to “traumatically” include AI in its development process.
The total number of employees set is not public, however Video Games Chronicle He writes that more than 100 developers in the UK could be affected, possibly up to 140. The number of US developers caught in the oil is unknown. On the slide deck of investors appeared PullSquare Enix is disrupting “overseas conversion” as part of its goal to “consolidate development activities in Japan.” The desk also notes that Square Enix is automatically interested in “70 percent of QA and debugging jobs in game development by the end of 2027” which could be one reason, which could be one reason trying to eliminate roles.
Engadget contacted Square Enix to confirm its rebuild plans. We will update this article when we hear back.
Square Enix has made a steady number of attempts to outsource western game development over the past decade. The publisher seemed to play some kind of role in the cancellation of the project of the developers who could fly earlier this year, and before that, he started selling studios like Eidos-Montréal, Crystal Dynacy.
