Square Enix’s new game may have had a bad time. People Can Fly is laying off 30 developers and reorganizing 20 people in other projects
Recent news seems to suggest that Square Enix’s new game, Project Gemini, isn’t doing too well. apparently People Can Fly laid off 30 developers who worked on this title and not only that, but he also reorganized another 20 people to assign them to other jobs, something that indicates that this new game will go through a rather difficult phase of its development.
if you don’t remember In 2023, there were more than 10,000 layoffs The video game industry has a really high rate. However, in this first month of 2024, they have already happened more than 3900, so not only did People Can Fly take that option, but Riot recently laid off over 500 employees. It’s clear that the world of video games needs a change, because if the numbers continue like this, unfortunately, this year we will far exceed the numbers of 2023.
Is Square Enix’s new project in jeopardy?
This information comes from Kotaku and apparently the total number of people who have been removed from this new game is around 50. As we told you before 30 dismissed, another 20 reorganized to help with other projects. Some time ago, after the departure of Outriders, People Can Fly commented that they had not received any payments from Square Enix, which is believed to have been resolved and has nothing to do with this reorganization of the company.
A couple of days ago, we told you that some development experts predicted the future of video games. If 2023 was the year of layoffs, everything points to 2024 being the year of closures. This means that many companies in this large industry will really be affected by the costs, and layoffs will only the first step towards its eventual closure. Apparently, too many games have been greenlit since the pandemic and the development volume is not stable.
As we have already said, this year has only just begun, but it is clear that it is The numbers do not bode well for the future.. We will be very careful to give you all the information about this, so don’t miss anything we give you in the coming months because the situation could get worse.
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