Most are gone immediately, while some will stay on until Artificer release their yet-unannounced next game.
Artificer were previously owned by Good Shepherd Entertainment, a publisher Devolver bought in 2021.
Kotaku’s understanding is that’s about half the studio going.
Artificer was founded by some of the core people behindHard WestandPhantom Doctrine.
Think ‘The Running Man meets XCOM’.
After launching in May 2023, it has a ‘Very Positive’ Steam player review rating.
According toone tracker, the games industry suffered at least an estimated 5900 layoffs in January 2024.
Many are at studies bought up and merged into others as part ofthe consolidation of the games industry.
The same tracker estimated 10,500 industry layoffs in all of 2023.
This year has barely begun.
Best of luck to everyone out there.
