Telltale Video games allegedly laid off a number of workers members originally of September, in keeping with former cinematic artist Jonah Huang. Huang mentioned on X that the developer laid off “most of us” and specified that he couldn’t communicate concerning the standing of The Wolf Amongst Us 2, the undertaking on which he was working, as a consequence of a non-disclosure settlement.
Huang added that he signed a no-harm settlement as a part of his severance, saying, “However I’m legally allowed to talk on behalf of being laid off, and this assertion of reality is sincerely not an try and trigger hurt or ruination to the corporate.” He mentioned that he re-joined Telltale to work on The Wolf Amongst Us 2 with a really small crew, and the layoffs occurred inside weeks of the corporate buying Flavourworks.
Telltale confirmed the layoffs (although not the quantity) in a press release to GamesBeat, saying, “Attributable to present market circumstances, we regrettably needed to let a few of our Telltale crew go lately. We didn’t take this motion calmly, and our dedication to storytelling and discovering new methods to take action stays the identical. We’re grateful to everybody for his or her dedication alongside this journey, and we’re working to help everybody impacted. All initiatives at the moment in growth are nonetheless in manufacturing, and we have now no additional updates right now.”
Telltale joins a lot of gaming firms who’ve lately laid off workers members, together with Epic Video games, Team17, Hanging Distance, Bioware, Crystal Dynamics, CD Projekt Crimson, Niantic and a number of studios owned by Embracer. Telltale itself closed instantly in 2018, shedding most, if not all of its workers. It was reopened in 2019 after LCG Leisure acquired its belongings.
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