Take-Two Reportedly Shutting Down OlliOlli And Kerbal Space Program 2 Devs

There’s already been a record amount of job losses within the games industry this year and it seems this trend is unfortunately set to continue with Bloomberg reporting the closure of another two studios.

According to “documentation reviewed by Bloomberg”, Take-Two Interactive Software has announced it will be shutting down the Private Division and London-based subsidiary Roll7 (OlliOlli, Rollerdrome) and the Kerbal Space Program 2 developer Intercept Games, based in Seattle.

“The first outfit is London-based Roll7, developer of the action game Rollerdrome, according to a note to staff. Take-Two plans to close the studio and will offer severance agreements to its staff.

“The other is Seattle-based Intercept Games, maker of the space flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program 2, according to a notice filed with the Washington State Employment Security Department Monday. The notice revealed that Take-Two plans to close an office in Seattle and cut 70 jobs, or roughly the number of people who worked for Intercept Games.”

According to Take-Two’s vice president for communications, Kerbal Space Program 2 will continue to receive updates.

This latest round of layoffs follows on from many other similar stories this year including some bigger and smaller cases – from mass layoffs at Microsoft and Sony to project cancellations at smaller teams.