Warner Bros. Games Montréal Lays Off Staff

Warner Bros. Games Montréal, the studio behind titles like Batman: Arkham Origins and Gotham Knights, laid off an unspecified number of employees across various disciplines last Friday, March 13, amid ongoing challenges in the company's gaming division and a pending acquisition by Paramount and Skydance.

Reports from multiple former staff members on LinkedIn confirmed the cuts, with affected workers including associate narrative director Ceri Young, level designer Camille Olivier Paquette, and associate producer Nicolas Pereira-Poisson. Pereira-Poisson explicitly described his departure as part of the layoffs in a post, writing, "Got affected by layoffs. After basically 9 years at the WB Montreal studio, I had the opportunity to work across many different roles and projects and overall had lots of fun so I am not going to feel sad about this news." Young and Paquette announced their exits without directly referencing the layoffs but indicated they were seeking new opportunities. The studio has not issued an official statement, and Warner Bros. Games representatives could not be reached for comment as of publication.

This marks the second significant round of job losses at the...