Ascendant Studios, the developer of the first-person-shooter-but-with-magic title , is shedding almost half of its group just a few weeks after releasing the sport. CEO Bret Robbins that the corporate could be letting go of round 45 % of its staff. In accordance with , which first reported the information, that is round 40 folks.
“This was a painfully tough, however vital resolution that was not made frivolously; however, we’ve got to make this adjustment now that Immortals of Aveum has shipped,” Robbins wrote in a publish on X (previously Twitter). Ascendant will provide the laid-off staff severance packages and assist with discovering a job elsewhere. The remaining group members will proceed to assist the sport in the interim.
Immortals of Aveum is the primary sport from Ascendant, which is an impartial studio with skilled builders on the helm. Nonetheless, writer EA possible did not do the sport any favors with its launch date.
After a delay by a month to August 22, Immortals of Aveum arrived at across the identical time as Baldur’s Gate III, Armored Core VI and Starfield. Delaying Immortals of Aveum by an additional few weeks most likely would not have helped both, provided that we’re one of many of for a number of years.
Experiences counsel that Immortals of Aveum (which largely ) did not promote properly, and low participant counts on Steam point out that is the case. It had a peak participant depend of simply 751 on that platform, in response to . Starfield‘s peak participant depend on Steam alone is .
