Useless by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive is shedding “as much as” 95 of its staff, most of them primarily based in Montreal, in its second spherical of layoffs this yr.
In a press launch shared by the corporate as we speak, Behaviour defined that the layoffs have been pushed by a have to “concentrate on its historic strengths.” Within the final 5 years, the corporate stated, it has grown from 575 staff to 1,300 people. Nevertheless, resulting from “unprecedented competitors,” Behaviour is present process “a number of strategic adjustments” to higher distinguish its totally different enterprise divisions.
It is doing this by shedding “as much as” 95 people throughout a number of departments, 70 of whom are being laid off from the corporate’s Montreal workplace. In January, Behaviour laid off 45 individuals from its Montreal office, citing “altering market circumstances.”
Nevertheless, Behaviour has additionally been on a little bit of a spending spree of late. Simply this previous March, it acquired Fly Studio in Montreal. In 2023, the corporate acquired each SockMoney Studios and Codeglue, and spun up a new studio in Cornwall. And earlier than that in 2022, Behaviour acquired Midwinter Entertainment, and opened a new office in Toronto.
Behaviour has said that the event of Useless by Daylight is not going to be impacted by the layoffs. Simply yesterday, Useless by Daylight received its official Dungeons & Dragons chapter launch.
This continues an ongoing pattern of business layoffs that is been regular for almost two years, ensuing in over 10,000 people dropping their jobs in 2023, and a further 10,000 layoffs in simply the primary half of this yr. Although largely attributed to pandemic overspending, builders say the explanations are way more assorted and sophisticated, and have a dramatic and painful affect on people.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Received a narrative tip? Ship it to rvalentine@ign.com.