Hunt Valley video game development studio Big Huge Games will lay off 32 people as it restructures.

The studio, which is owned by Japan-based online video game company Nexon, disclosed the job losses Dec. 23 in a notice filed with the state’s labor department. It said the layoffs are effective Jan. 15. The news was first reported by the Baltimore Business Journal.

A well-known name in Baltimore County’s storied community of video game developers that dates to 2000, Big Huge Games is currently behind the mobile real-time strategy games DomiNations, which launched in 2015, and Arcane Showdown, which debuted in March 2020. Timonium-based Big Huge was acquired by Nexon in 2016, and DomiNations has gone on to surpass 50 million downloads and $150 million in revenue. As DomiNations’ success grew, so did the team. Leaders talked about how the studio can be a talent engine for the Baltimore area.

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