After laying off 20% of its staff early in 2024, Life Is Unusual: Double Publicity studio Deck 9 has introduced that it has been hit with extra layoffs to finish the 12 months.
In an announcement posted to X/Twitter, Deck 9 Video games CEO Mark Lyons wrote they’d should “say goodbye to a few of our gifted workforce members,” however did not specify what number of could be affected by the cuts.
— Deck 9 Video games (@DeckNineGames) December 6, 2024
“This was a particularly troublesome determination and displays the difficult instances many corporations in our business are at present going through,” Lyons wrote. “We’re extraordinarily grateful to each particular person who has devoted their arduous work, ardour and dedication to creating transformative leisure with us.”
Deck 9, which can also be behind Life Is Unusual entries Earlier than the Storm and True Colours in addition to The Expanse: A Telltale Sequence, launched Double Publicity to optimistic opinions (IGN gave it a 9/10) on the finish of October. The studio, nonetheless, has been plagued with points earlier than right this moment’s layoffs; earlier this 12 months, we at IGN ran an extensive report about its inside struggles with toxicity, hate speech, crunch, and extra.
Deck 9 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 12 months. Deck 9 laid off around 30 employees in Could 2023 as properly.
The unique developer of Life Is Unusual, Do not Nod, also announced layoffs in October after canceling two in-development initiatives amid a reorganization.
As we speak’s Deck 9 announcement is sadly solely the newest layoff information to hit the video games business because the 12 months wraps up. Earlier this week, Ubisoft revealed that it might be shutting down two manufacturing studios and shedding 277 staff within the course of.
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.
