Phoenix Labs this week had its second spherical of layoffs this 12 months, as reported by plenty of now-former staff on LinkedIn.
A studio consultant confirmed the cuts for GamesIndustry.biz.
“After a rigorous evaluate we made the choice to alter the construction of our help groups, and we’ve got made the robust choice to scale back our workforce by a complete of 34 folks, throughout our publishing, HR, IT, and shared companies groups,” the consultant mentioned.
“Our video games groups had been unaffected and our work continues throughout our titles at Phoenix Labs. Fae Farm’s DLC and Dauntless updates are on monitor, and we’ve got thrilling unannounced initiatives within the works.
“We thank every of the affected crew members who’ve helped to construct Phoenix Labs into what it’s at this time. Their impression might be missed and stay on by every little thing the studio does transferring ahead.”
The developer had a earlier spherical of layoffs in Could, chopping 9% of the corporate as a part of a transfer “to find out our strongest path by way of success and sustainability.”
It has been an eventful 12 months for the studio, which purchased its independence again from guardian firm Garena in February and noticed three co-founders depart in the course of the 12 months.
Yesterday the corporate introduced the primary main content material replace for Fae Farm, which launched in September.
