United Kingdom, March 5 -- PlayStation Studios Visual Arts (PSVA) has reportedly been hit with layoffs.

According to a report from Kotaku, the first-party developer - which helped Naughty Dog on its 'The Last of Us: Part 1' and 'Part 2' - has seen a cut to its staff as publisher Sony restructures its game development.

The outlet claims an unknown number of employees at Visual Arts based in San Diego were informed they would be exiting the studio with immediate effect earlier this week, with their last day working at the company supposedly being 7 March 2025.

On LinkedIn, former PSVA project manager Abby LeMaster - who is now at Riot Games - wrote: "It was tough waking up to messages that many friends and former coworkers from PSVA were...