Wimo Video games, a developer for cell and VR titles, formally closed its doorways final week. Round three dozen staff had been mentioned to have been laid off ultimately.
In an announcement to RockPaperShotgun, CEO Dave Rosen confirmed his firm’s closure. “It’s been an unimaginable three years working with this incredible staff,” he mentioned, “and this isn’t the end result we had hoped for.”
Wimo first opened in 2021, and is greatest recognized for the VR video games Battle Bows and Micro Machines: Mini Problem Mayhem. It additionally launched RPG Cube: Heroes of Whitestone for cell phones in 2022.
Talking to these three video games, Rosen mentioned the studio was “grateful to each participant that purchased the video games our staff poured a lot of their onerous work into.”
Wimo is the third indie studio to shut this month, following Threaks and Double Loop. Equally, German studio Piranha Bytes may shut if its proprietor Embracer cannot discover somebody to purchase it.
January 2024 has already seen some sizable layoffs all through the trade. Discord, CI Video games, and Thunderful have all lower workers this month.
An estimated 10,000 builders had been laid off in 2023. February hasn’t arrived but, and we’re already at a bit over one-third of that complete.
