After shedding 20% of its workers early in 2024, Life Is Unusual: Double Exposure studio Deck Nine has introduced that it has been hit with extra layoffs to finish the yr.
In a press release posted to X/Twitter, Deck Nine Video games CEO Mark Lyons wrote they’d should “say goodbye to some of our proficient staff members,” however did not specify what number of could be affected by the cuts.
— Deck Nine Video games (@DeckNineGames) December 6, 2024
“This was an especially troublesome determination and displays the difficult instances many corporations in our business are at the moment dealing with,” Lyons wrote. “We’re extraordinarily grateful to each particular person who has devoted their laborious work, ardour and dedication to creating transformative leisure with us.”
Deck Nine, which can also be behind Life Is Unusual entries Earlier than the Storm and True Colours in addition to The Expanse: A Telltale Collection, launched Double Exposure to optimistic critiques (IGN gave it a 9/10) on the finish of October. The studio, nevertheless, has been plagued with points earlier than right now’s layoffs; earlier this yr, we at IGN ran an in depth report about its inner struggles with toxicity, hate speech, crunch, and extra.
Deck Nine introduced the final spherical of layoffs in February. Previous to these layoffs, IGN understood the studio employed roughly between 100 and 130 staffers. It is unclear what number of stay after the 2 rounds of layoffs this yr. Deck Nine laid off around 30 employees in Might 2023 as effectively.
The unique developer of Life Is Unusual, Do not Nod, additionally introduced layoffs in October after canceling two in-development tasks amid a reorganization.
At this time’s Deck Nine announcement is sadly solely the most recent layoff information to hit the video games business because the yr wraps up. Earlier this week, Ubisoft revealed that it might be shutting down two manufacturing studios and shedding 277 staff in the method.
Alex Stedman is a Senior Information Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or enhancing, you’ll find her studying fantasy novels or enjoying Dungeons & Dragons.