Split/Second 2 canned?
Black Rock loses 40 staff
Disney's main racing studio Black Rock seems to have been hit by staff cuts that may have affected the future of sequels to Pure and Split/Second.
As part of Disney's shift towards more online freemium gaming they are rumoured to have cut 40 staff from their Brighton-based Black Rock studios.
Although it has been suggested that the cuts will not affect the studio's current project there will be casualties including Spilt/Second 2 and Pure 2.
According to Eurogamer, a source at the developer said: "It seems Disney have been unable to provide us with a project to work on, and our concept pitches clearly haven't gone down well despite there being many of them. After Split/Second wrapped, we started work on the sequels pre-production, but that was cancelled last December due to Disney Interactive Studios new management and their changing priorities such as the push towards freemium and Split/Second 2 didn't really fit in with that."
