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Harvey Randall

Pokemon GO developer Niantic cuts workforce by a quarter after struggling to make lightning strike twice

A masterball sits alone in a hi-tech lab.

John Hanke—CEO of Niantic Inc.—announced a new round of layoffs in a company email, which was then posted on the official Niantic website yesterday.

"I have made the decision to narrow our focus for mobile game investments, concentrating on first party games that most strongly embody our core values of location and local social communities," wrote John Hanke, shortly before laying off one fourth of the company. "This means we are laying off around 230 Niantics."

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