Nhà phát triển Outriders People Can Fly được cho là đã sa thải "hơn 30" nhân viên

Nhà phát triển Outriders People Can Fly được cho là đã sa thải “hơn 30” nhân viên

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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 do Kotaku đưa tin, Giám đốc phát triển People Can Fly, Adam Alker đã thông báo về việc sa thải trong một email gửi tới tất cả nhân viên làm việc trong dự án, giải thích việc cắt giảm được thực hiện do hạn chế về ngân sách và phạm vi của nó bị thu hẹp. Thêm 20 người nữa cũng sẽ rời Dự án Gemini nhưng sẽ được chuyển sang các chức danh khác trong công ty.

“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 cập nhật về Dự án 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 rút khỏi quan hệ đối tác to publish People Can Fly’s Project Dagger after two years of development, but that work would continue.

Studio cũng đang làm việc trên Dự án Maverick do Microsoft tài trợ, 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, tương tác cậu bé mất tích, Sấm sét, TwitchHành vi tương tác. That’s compared what’s được cho là có khoảng 9,500 người bị sa thải trong ngành 2023.

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