TheVR-focused London Studiois also being shut down for good as a result of these cuts.
In Japan, fired employees will have access to a career support program.
In the United States, workers will simply be notified of their employment status by Tuesday this week.
All employees will receive support including severance benefits, so theres that at least.
The release also calls out specific studios impacted by these layoffs.
These layoffs also mean that multiple videogame projects in the works at PlayStation Studios have been cancelled.
ABloombergreport confirmed that one of these cancelled projects was a new Twisted Metal live-service game in development at Firesprite.
London Studio also had an online game in development, but its likely been shuttered along with the studio.
For comparison, over 10,500 people were laid off in the entirety of 2023.
We haven’t even hit March yet!
Just last month,Microsoft fired 1,900 Activision Blizzard staff membersand cancelled an in-development survival game.
