{"id":27187,"date":"2026-01-06T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunfirestudiosinc.com\/?p=27187"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:34:49","slug":"pistol-whip-studio-cloudhead-video-games-reveals-it-has-laid-off-70-of-workers-due-to-business-forces-past-our-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunfirestudiosinc.com\/?p=27187","title":{"rendered":"Pistol Whip Studio Cloudhead Video games Reveals It Has Laid Off 70% Of Workers \u2018Due To Business Forces Past Our Management\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psu.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pistol-whip-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psu.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pistol-whip-min.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.psu.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pistol-whip-min-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 769px) 400px, 100vw\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The CEO of Cloudhead Video games, the studio liable for titles equivalent to Pistol Whip and The Gallery, has introduced that the corporate has been pressured to put off 70% of its workers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Talking in an announcement this week, Denny Unger commented:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Because of business forces past our management, Cloudhead should make the troublesome alternative to cut back our workforce efficient January seventh 2026. 30% of us will stay to proceed the mission. The group leaving us are consummate professionals and great folks usually. We took nice collective satisfaction in making a tradition that was as caring about VR content material as they had been working to help one another. Every one in every of them shared a real sense of \u201cgive a rattling\u201d as we labored by way of nonetheless unseen initiatives, and the need all be deeply missed at our studio.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Unger added that the studio\u2019s \u201cperception stays within the energy of VR as a medium, as a shared dream machine that may at some point remodel humanity. We&#8217;ve got little question VR\u2019s mainstream relevance is predestined, with future units that do \u2018every part,\u2019 however it is going to take the studios like ours to be there and when that instances come.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Pistol Whip was initially launched in 2019 for Oculus Quest and Microsoft Home windows, with a PS4 model arriving in July the next 12 months. As of February 2023 nonetheless, the rhythm-based shooter has supported by PSVR 2, which you&#8217;ll learn extra about in full assessment right here.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[Source \u2013 Clouded Games via UploadVR]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psu.com\/news\/pistol-whip-studio-cloudhead-games-reveals-it-has-laid-off-70-of-staff-due-to-industry-forces-beyond-our-control\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CEO of Cloudhead Video games, the studio liable for titles equivalent to Pistol Whip and The Gallery, has introduced that the corporate has been pressured to put off 70% of its workers. Talking in an announcement this week, Denny Unger commented: Because of business forces past our management, Cloudhead should make the troublesome alternative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_review":[],"enable_review":"","type":"","name":"","summary":"","brand":"","sku":"","good":[],"bad":[],"score_override":"","override_value":"","rating":[],"price":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[11883,811,1006,1321,8,3015,2048,8520,1175,2047,1962,11882],"class_list":["post-27187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-playstation","tag-cloudhead","tag-control","tag-due","tag-forces","tag-games","tag-industry","tag-laid","tag-pistol","tag-reveals","tag-staff","tag-studio","tag-whip"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pistol Whip Studio Cloudhead Video games Reveals It Has Laid Off 70% Of Workers \u2018Due To Business Forces Past Our Management\u2019 - SunFire Studios<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sunfirestudiosinc.com\/?p=27187\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pistol Whip Studio Cloudhead Video games Reveals It Has Laid Off 70% Of Workers \u2018Due To Business Forces Past Our Management\u2019 - SunFire Studios\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The CEO of Cloudhead Video games, the studio liable for titles equivalent to Pistol Whip and The Gallery, has introduced that the corporate has been pressured to put off 70% of its workers. 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