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This industry is able to produce profits, but sometimes we have to report upon the other side of this business: layoffs. Sony Santa Monica has had to layoff 50 people.

Part of those employees were working on a new IP, this new intellectual property was (apparently) a Sci-Fi game, really unique and was going to be announced at E3 2014. We are not going to see this new game, because of it has been cancelled.

A Neo-GAF user, Shinobi602, has provided us with some details about this unannounced and canned project from Santa Monica:

Sad to hear Santa Monica’s new IP is canned. It sounded pretty darn good from what I was told. RIP, we hardly knew ye.

New IP was really unique, sci-fi…legitimately saddened at the news. Sorry to everyone involved, damn.

What’s worse is that it was set to be unveiled at E3. Something massive must have happened. 🙁

Moreover, Michael Angeli, known for his work on Battlestar Galactica, was supposedly involved in this new IP.

It’s a pity, there are not a lot of games that take advantage of that genre. On the other hand, I really hope that all those people that have lost his job will be able to find another one ASAP.

Thanks, DualShockers.