Horizon Call of the Mountain PSVR2 Director Made Redundant by Dev Firesprite
"Its been a tough time over the past few months".
After almost seven years at the studio, Alex Barnes, director of PSVR2 spinoff Horizon: Call of the Mountain, has been made redundant by Liverpoool-based developer Firesprite. In March, a report from Eurogamer alleged that a toxic work culture had been allowed to develop at the PlayStation first-party developer.
In a post on Twitter (thanks, VGC), Barnes announced the sorry news, admitting that it "has been a tough time over the past few months". Barnes extended thanks and gratitude to those in the industry helping each other through this tumultuous time and to staff at Firesprite: "It has been the honour of a lifetime to have been a game director with a team like this."
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