Author: Olivia Sinclair

Airship Syndicate, the studio behind the likes of Darksiders Genesis and Wayfinder, has announced its second round of layoffs in less than a year. These latest job cuts will impact 16 employees, with Airship blaming “difficult challenges facing our industry.”

The studio initially laid off 12 people back in January, two months after its publishing agreement with Warframe developer Digital Extremes – which was handling Airship’s free-to-play fantasy game Wayfinder – collapsed. Since then, Wayfinder has been reworked and re-announced as a single-player title, the overhauled game eventually releasing back in June.

Unfortunately, its retooling doesn’t seem to have given Airship a sufficient boost. In a statement shared on LinkedIn announcing the studio’s latest layoffs, CEO Joe Madureira and president Ryan Stefanelli explained, “In light of the difficult challenges facing our industry, we’ve had to make the tough decision to let go of some incredibly talented Airship team members, including 12 full-time employees and four contractors.”

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Krafton’s acquisition of Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks was motivated by the desire to maintain its legacy, rather than actually make money.
Krafton boss Changhan ‘CH’ Kim spoke to Game Developer about the “last minute deal” after the studio was closed by Microsoft alongside Arkane Austin and Alpha Dog Games back in May.
Tango was acquired by Krafton last month, although only 50 out of the original 100 staff will transfer over.

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Evening Star, the studio behind Penny’s Big Breakaway, has announced half a dozen layoffs.
CTO Hunter Bridges announced the redundancies on X/Twitter, saying, “this isn’t a choice we wanted to make”, but “due to volatile market conditions in the games industry and operational realities of our business, Evening Star is having to part ways with six team members”.

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