Titled Transformers: Heavy Metal, the proposed AR game would function on the company’s Lightship platform, and see players partnering with the Autobots to explore real-world locales.
The streamlining effort also hit Niantic employees, with 8% of the company’s staff (approximately 85-90 people) being laid off.
He also said Niantic has been experiencing a period of “economic turmoil,” and these cuts will enable to company to “focus on [their] key priorities.”