Another notable game studio is laying off a significant portion of its workforce. Supermassive Games, the developer behind interactive horror titles And cuts around 90 jobs, according to . That's almost a third of the studio's more than 300 employees.
Supermassive confirmed that the studio will reorganize itself. “As a result, we are entering a period of consultation which we hope will result in the loss of some of our colleagues,” he said. “This is not a decision that was taken lightly, and many efforts were made to avoid this outcome.”
Supermassive notes that it is not immune to the “significant challenges” facing the video game industry. More than 6,000 industry workers lost their jobs and it's not even March yet.
Meanwhile, independent studio Die Gute Fabrik has amid funding difficulties. The developer of Chronicles of Saltsea And will use its remaining funds to give staff a month of paid time “to catch their breath” while they look for new employment. The studio is still looking for backers to help resume production and hopes to bring back current team members in the future. However, he notes that “the publishing and investment scene is currently so difficult for companies and projects of our scale that it is extremely difficult to obtain funding for our next project without a revenue gap” .
We are sad to announce that we are stopping production at @gutefabrik due to the difficult funding and investment scene in games right now. We shut down our tools earlier this month and have done our best to support the team who will be looking for work starting in mid-March.
Full declaration: pic.twitter.com/iQgXUHDxYj
– La Gute Fabrik (@gutefabrik) February 26, 2024