Overview

• The planned layoffs represent about 7 percent of Virtuos’s workforce, with roughly 200 roles in China and 100 positions in its France and U.S. studios.
• Leadership froze salary increases and reduced bonuses in February as part of broader cost-saving measures.
• Virtuos has not issued an official statement to confirm the reduction plan or respond to the ongoing strike at its Lyon office.
• The studio is known for co-development and art-outsourcing on major projects such as Oblivion Remastered, Metal Gear Solid Delta and Cyberpunk 2077 patches.
• The cuts underscore the precarious position of outsourced game studios in an environment of rising AAA budgets and the absence of proportional royalty arrangements.