There’s some potentially awesome video games hitting shelves this year based on comic books, Deadpool being one of them. With the game now complete that means the team behind it, High Moon Studios, has been laid off. Activision has told Kotaku:

Activision Publishing consistently works to align its costs with its revenues – this is an ongoing process. With the completion of development on Deadpool, we are taking a reduction in staff at High Moon Studios to better align our development talent against our slate. Approximately, 40 full-time employees will be impacted globally. We are offering those employees who are impacted outplacement counseling services.

This is pretty standard for the video game industry. Doesn’t mean it sucks any less.

(via Kotaku)