SteamWorld makers announce 100 layoffs, cancel projects, and say they’ll publish more games by other studios – but fewer of their own | Gaming

Thunderful Games, the developers and publishers that make the colourful SteamWorld series of games, have announced a hefty number of layoffs at the company, with anywhere between 80-100 people losing their jobs. It’s part of a “restructuring” that’ll also see an unspecified number of game projects cancelled, said the company in a press release yesterday. As if this is not dispiriting enough, they also say it’s an intentional move that’ll see them making fewer games of their own and instead publishing more work by other developers.

It’s a “strategic move towards publishing games from external partners,” according to CEO Martin Walfisz, who says he has let 80-100 people go with “great regret”. It’s not clear from the release which departments were most affected in this…more

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