Разработчик Outriders People Can Fly увольняет «более 30» сотрудников

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People Can Fly, the developer behind the likes of Outriders and Bulletstorm, has reportedly laid off “over 30 people” working on a currently unannounced game – codenamed Project Gemini – that’s set to be published by Square Enix.

As сообщил КотакуДиректор по развитию People Can Fly Адам Алкер объявил об увольнениях в электронном письме, разосланном всем сотрудникам, работающим над проектом, объяснив, что сокращения были произведены из-за бюджетных ограничений и сокращения его масштабов. Еще 20 человек также должны покинуть Project Gemini, но будут переведены на другие должности внутри компании.

“We understand that this decision impacts each of you,” Alker wrote in the email, “and we want to express our gratitude for your hard work, dedication, and contributions thus far.”

Addressing “those individuals transitioning out of the studio due to these changes”, Alker added, “We extend our sincere appreciation for the skills and expertise you brought to the team [and] will keep our fingers crossed for your next steps in game dev and offer all our support.”

Project Gemini was revealed to be in the works at People Can Fly (alongside four “AAA” titles and two VR games) last January, with a planned release of 2026. However, an обновленная информация о проекте Gemini shared in November noted the studio was entering into “strategic discussions” with Square Enix and that it was “highly probable” development “will not be continued… on the current commercial terms”. That news followed September’s announcement Take-Two Interactive had вышел из партнерства to publish People Can Fly’s Project Dagger after two years of development, but that work would continue.

Студия также работает над Проект Maverick, финансируемый Microsoft, based on one of the latter’s IP. Little is known about the title beyond its $30m-50m budget, but rumours persist Microsoft is gearing up for a major Gears of War revival.

People Can Fly is yet to confirm today’s report of layoffs at the studio but they would mark the latest in an already devastating month for the games industry. As per Kotaku’s tally, over 3,900 job cuts have already been announced in 2024 among the likes of Riot Games, Unity, Потерянные мальчики интерактивные, Thunderful, Twitchи Поведение Интерактивное. That’s compared what’s Считается, что это около 9,500 увольнений в промышленности. в 2023 году.