Phoenix Labs, the developer behind Fae Farm and Dauntless, has introduced that has gone by one other spherical of layoffs, which has impacted an unspecified however massive portion of the studio.
“We have now made the robust determination to half methods with the vast majority of the studio as a part of unlucky however needed modifications to our operations,” Phoenix Lab defined in a statement on LinkedIn. “We’ll share extra particulars within the coming weeks about what this implies for Dauntless and Fae Farm.”
Phoenix Labs has already laid staff off by a number of rounds over the previous few years. In 2023, Phoenix Labs let go of 9% of its staff after which did another series of layoffs in 2024, weeks earlier than its subsequent sport was set to be introduced. In keeping with former Phoenix Labs employees, it was an open-world sandbox sport referred to as Everhaven, which was presupposed to be revealed throughout the PC Gaming Present on June 9, 2024 and enter early entry someday in September.
Phoenix Labs grew to become impartial in 2023 however then was quietly purchased by Forte Labs, a blockchain company. Dauntless, a Monster Hunter-like sport, was first launched in 2019 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC by way of Epic Video games Retailer. It lastly got here to Steam final month, however was heavily criticized for its new predatory monetization structure.