Cyan Worlds, Cult-Classic Games Developer Mist And RideIt was announced that he has decided to launch 12 members of his employees. It is “almost half the team,” and trimmed are effective at the end of this month.
The company announced yesterday afternoon through Blussky. The post said, “Industry situations have forced us to a difficult place, where we want to weigh the future health of our studio against the realities of the month-by-month of sports development in 2025.” Unfortunately, this is not an unusual message. Still shook the gaming industry in all 2024, and many studios have already been affected in the first three months of 2025.
In January, three studios (including the counterplay games, Godfall developers) closed their doors. In February another three Warner Brothers Studio closed and the much -awaited was canceled Amazing woman Video game. The studios claimed that many of its recent releases had missed the mark in terms of quality, and that the closure would allow Warner Bros. to double-down on its current franchise and IP. He said, yesterday news broke that planned expansion Hogwarts Legacy It was also canceled between the upheaval.
Sian friends and family, we have some difficult news to share today. (More details down-down.)
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The gaming industry has seen an estimated 33,000 pruning so far. Comprehensive job disadvantages have created the United Videogame Workers Union (UVW-CWA) with the goal of fighting for maximum job safety.
Sian Worlds says, “We have been around for a very long time, and have been through difficult times before … our honest hope is that it continues.”
The news of the trimming did not come as a blow for the employees of Sian Worlds. According to the studio, it was “ultra-transparent” with its position, so the team knew that it was a possible result. Despite this, the studio states that “this (and is) is still deeply sad for all of us.”