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People Can Fly’s mystery Square Enix game has its scope reduced
Room for another mass layoff post, before we end the day? This one is actually two separate stories but in a bid to conserve resources and make our frontpage slightly less depressing to read, I am going to roll them together. Black Forest Games, the Embracer-owned creators of theDestroy All Humans!Remake, are reportedly cutting 50% of their workforce - around 50-60 people.Outridersdevelopers People Can Fly, meanwhile, have laid off 30 developers who were working on an unannounced Square Enix game.
As for People Can Fly, Kotaku has gotten hold of an internal email from development director Adam Alker in which he says that cuts are necessary due to budget limitations and the shrinking scope of the aforesaid Square Enix game, Project Gemini, which will now be shorter than planned with a smaller roster of enemies. Apart from the 30 people who are being laid off, 20 other members of the Gemini team have reportedly been relocated to other projects within the studio.
“To those individuals transitioning out of the studio due to these changes, we extend our sincere appreciation for the skills and expertise you brought to the team,” Alker wrote in the leaked mail. “We will keep our fingers crossed for your next steps in game dev and offer all our support.” I hope “all our support” comes with decent severance.
