Valve’s Business Director Leaves Amidst Layoff Rumours


Gamasutra reports today that several employees from Valve Corporation were laid off on Tuesday. The terminations are said to involve “large decisions”.

Jason Holtman, Valve’s director of business development, is among eight persons no longer listed in the company’s public employee directory.

Valve has not responded to requests for comment on the matter. Gamasutra said the cuts affected the company’s hardware and android development departments. The total laid off is rumoured to be 25, but that number is unconfirmed.

The noted animator Bay Raitt also is no longer in the directory, nor is 10-year Valve veteran Tom Leonard, a programmer with credits on Left 4 Dead and Half-Life 2.

Yesterday morning, Jeri Ellsworth, an engineer working on next-generation hardware technology, said she had been dismissed. No reasons were given.

Several out of work as Valve makes ‘large decisions’ about its future [Gamasutra]
Holtman latest to leave in Valve twist, says source [Develop]


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