据报道,《Outriders》开发商 People Can Fly 解雇了“30 多名”员工

据报道,《Outriders》开发商 People Can Fly 解雇了“30 多名”员工

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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 Kotaku 报道People Can Fly 开发总监 Adam Alker 在发给该项目所有员工的电子邮件中宣布了裁员,并解释说,裁员是由于预算限制及其范围缩小。另外 20 名员工也将离开双子座计划,但将转移到公司内的其他职位。

“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 双子座计划的更新 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 退出合伙企业 to publish People Can Fly’s Project Dagger after two years of development, but that work would continue.

该工作室还致力于 微软资助的 Project Maverick, 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的, Unity, 迷失男孩互动, Thunderful, Twitch行为互动. That’s compared what’s 据信该行业将裁员约 9,500 人

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