Myst and Riven developer Cyan Worlds lays off 12, essentially cutting its team in half | Gaming

Bah, it’s never fun writing one of these, but unfortunately Myst and Riven developer Cyan Worlds have laid off 12 of its staff members this week, supposedly cutting the studio by about half. Cyan shared the news on its social media accounts yesterday, noting that “industry conditions” have “forced” the studio to “weigh the future health of our studio against the month-to-month realities of game development in 2025.”

The post also states that it has been communicating with the entire team about the “choppy waters” it has been in, and that the layoffs weren’t a surprise for the team, so it sounds like it has been a long time coming. At the very least those affected will be getting severance packages, but I imagine that’s not quite enough consolation. Also worth…more

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