Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm Studios has been hit by layoffs

Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm Studios has been hit by layoffs according to affected members of staff, with the majority of job losses said to be from its mobile team.

News of the layoffs first surfaced after NetherRealm quality assurance analyst Tony Lazzara posted to LinkedIn, writing, "Unfortunately, yesterday NetherRealm's mobile team was shut down. A ton of very talented people were put out of work."

NetherRealm has yet to publicly comment on reports of layoffs at the studio, so there's no official confirmation of how widespread the job losses might be. However, Insider-Gaming claims at least 50 members of staff have been impacted by the studio's cuts.