{"id":608728,"date":"2026-03-22T10:15:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T10:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/hangar-13-more-layoffs"},"modified":"2026-03-22T10:15:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T10:15:52","slug":"mafia-3-developer-hangar-13-faces-more-layoffs-following-recent-lead-departures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/mafia-3-developer-hangar-13-faces-more-layoffs-following-recent-lead-departures\/","title":{"rendered":"Mafia 3 developer Hangar 13 faces more layoffs following recent lead departures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mafia-3-developer-hangar-13-faces-more-layoffs-following-recent-lead-departures.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Things aren&#8217;t looking so good for <strong>Mafia 3<\/strong> developer <strong>Hangar 13<\/strong>, as the studio receives more layoffs following recent lead departures.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/mafia-prequel-hanger-13\">report detailed<\/a> that Hangar 13 is working on a new Mafia game, this time a prequel, and that multiple big departures had taken place at the company. Studio head Haden Blackman was one of them, alongside chief operating officer Matthew Urban. Now, after already having received two sets of layoffs in 2017 and 2018, the studio has gone through further layoffs, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/mafia-3-sequel-hangar-13-layoffs-2k-marvels-midnight-su-1848982387\">Kotaku<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>According to the report, layoffs have occurred at all three sites across the world, with almost 50 losing their jobs at Hangar 13&#8217;s Novato, California office. &#8220;I know it sucks,&#8221; said Nick Baynes, Blackman&#8217;s replacement and head of the Brighton, UK office, in a staff meeting earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/hangar-13-more-layoffs\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/hangar-13-more-layoffs\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things aren&#8217;t looking so good for Mafia 3 developer Hangar 13, as the studio receives more layoffs following recent lead departures. Earlier this month, a report detailed that Hangar 13 is working on a new Mafia game, this time a prequel, and that multiple big departures had taken place at the company. Studio head Haden Blackman was one of them, alongside chief operating officer Matthew Urban. Now, after already having received two sets of layoffs in 2017 and 2018, the studio has gone through further layoffs, as reported by Kotaku. According to the report, layoffs have occurred at all three sites across the world, with almost 50 losing their jobs at Hangar 13&#8217;s Novato, California office. &#8220;I know it sucks,&#8221; said Nick Baynes, Blackman&#8217;s replacement&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/mafia-3-developer-hangar-13-faces-more-layoffs-following-recent-lead-departures\/\">Read 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