Staff cuts have been made across Warner’s three Seattle-based studios; Monolith Productions (F.E.A.R. 2 - pictured), Snowblind Studios (Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance) and Surreal Software (The Suffering), Shacknews has reported.

The 25 cutbacks are said to have mainly affected unannounced projects.

Warner issued the following statement on the matter. “We are committed to growing Warner Bros. in the game space and will be retaining robust teams in our Seattle studios. We have been moving towards sharing certain resources across the studios and have also been reallocating resources to align talent with our development needs.

“Unfortunately, we had a few too many resources in certain functions and some positions were eliminated in this process. Our plan is to continually review staffing needs and as future projects evolve we would expect to see the studios grow.”