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Ruiner devs reportedly lay off over half of studio behind cyberpunk shooterDozens of staff across “all possible departments” said to be affected
Dozens of staff across “all possible departments” said to be affected
Image credit:Reikon Games
Image credit:Reikon Games
Reikon Games, the developers behind cyberpunky top-down shooterRuiner, have reportedly become the latest studio to lay off dozens of staff, with over half of the Polish indie said to have lost their jobs earlier this week.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsFormer employees speaking toKotakusaid that approximately 60 to 70 people - over 50% of the studio’s workforce - were laid off this past Tuesday, January 23rd in an announcement described as “sudden and shocking”.Those affected included producer Rafał Basaj, who posted onThreadsthat around 60 people had been let go across “all possible departments”, including narrative designers, audio engineers and artists.Reikon released neon-soaked, top-down cyberpunk action-shooter Ruinerin 2017, which has since been reported to be in line fora live-action TV series.Image credit:Reikon GamesLast September, Reikonteased their next game, a sci-fi title with apparent themes of body augmentation. Back in 2021, the studio revealed a paceyfirst-person shooterunder the working title of Codename: Final Form, which put players in control of the sentient robot avatar of a spaceship with a hint at time-bending elements.Reikon’s layoffs add to a week that has seenalmost two thousand people let go from Microsoftand their many studios - including Blizzard, Bethesda and Xbox - andmore than 500 people lose their jobs at League of Legends makers Riot Games, along with the closure of their Riot Forge third-party publishing label. Those are just of the more recent and sizeable examples of the devastating industry layoffs that have seen an estimated 6,000 games industry workers lose their jobs and indie outlets closed entirely in under four weeks alone.
Reikon Games, the developers behind cyberpunky top-down shooterRuiner, have reportedly become the latest studio to lay off dozens of staff, with over half of the Polish indie said to have lost their jobs earlier this week.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsFormer employees speaking toKotakusaid that approximately 60 to 70 people - over 50% of the studio’s workforce - were laid off this past Tuesday, January 23rd in an announcement described as “sudden and shocking”.Those affected included producer Rafał Basaj, who posted onThreadsthat around 60 people had been let go across “all possible departments”, including narrative designers, audio engineers and artists.Reikon released neon-soaked, top-down cyberpunk action-shooter Ruinerin 2017, which has since been reported to be in line fora live-action TV series.Image credit:Reikon GamesLast September, Reikonteased their next game, a sci-fi title with apparent themes of body augmentation. Back in 2021, the studio revealed a paceyfirst-person shooterunder the working title of Codename: Final Form, which put players in control of the sentient robot avatar of a spaceship with a hint at time-bending elements.Reikon’s layoffs add to a week that has seenalmost two thousand people let go from Microsoftand their many studios - including Blizzard, Bethesda and Xbox - andmore than 500 people lose their jobs at League of Legends makers Riot Games, along with the closure of their Riot Forge third-party publishing label. Those are just of the more recent and sizeable examples of the devastating industry layoffs that have seen an estimated 6,000 games industry workers lose their jobs and indie outlets closed entirely in under four weeks alone.
Reikon Games, the developers behind cyberpunky top-down shooterRuiner, have reportedly become the latest studio to lay off dozens of staff, with over half of the Polish indie said to have lost their jobs earlier this week.
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Former employees speaking toKotakusaid that approximately 60 to 70 people - over 50% of the studio’s workforce - were laid off this past Tuesday, January 23rd in an announcement described as “sudden and shocking”.
Those affected included producer Rafał Basaj, who posted onThreadsthat around 60 people had been let go across “all possible departments”, including narrative designers, audio engineers and artists.
Reikon released neon-soaked, top-down cyberpunk action-shooter Ruinerin 2017, which has since been reported to be in line fora live-action TV series.
Image credit:Reikon Games
Last September, Reikonteased their next game, a sci-fi title with apparent themes of body augmentation. Back in 2021, the studio revealed a paceyfirst-person shooterunder the working title of Codename: Final Form, which put players in control of the sentient robot avatar of a spaceship with a hint at time-bending elements.
Reikon’s layoffs add to a week that has seenalmost two thousand people let go from Microsoftand their many studios - including Blizzard, Bethesda and Xbox - andmore than 500 people lose their jobs at League of Legends makers Riot Games, along with the closure of their Riot Forge third-party publishing label. Those are just of the more recent and sizeable examples of the devastating industry layoffs that have seen an estimated 6,000 games industry workers lose their jobs and indie outlets closed entirely in under four weeks alone.
