Dcubed Posted September 12 Author Share Posted September 12 There's that "Microsoft Gaming" term again... Ominous clouds surrounding the Xbox brand and the team as a whole I reckon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Not a sacking but somewhat similar. The entire video games publishing staff at Annapurna have quite due to disputes. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-12/annapurna-video-game-team-resigns-leaving-partners-scrambling?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcyNjE3NzQyOSwiZXhwIjoxNzI2NzgyMjI5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTSlBZWklUMEFGQjQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.BpoA_wBJDrNbDbgj_LjnVUJQg6SM_vsIzWUEM6v85xE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Another set of layoffs, this time for six team members over at Evening Star (Penny's Big Breakaway): 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Doesn't surprise at all that indies are feeling the pinch as well. There was an indie developer on Era stating that it's near impossible to get any kind of decent exposure these days due to the flooding of the market. They weren't wrong. You could have your game show up at an Indie Direct but unless it's doing something REALLY special, it's likely it will be forgotten about pretty quickly. For the layoffs to have happened at Evening Star, clearly the game didn't do that well, despite having decent reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcubed Posted September 14 Author Share Posted September 14 That’s really sad. Penny’s Big Breakaway is a very good game that deserves to have done better… … but this is the video game industry, where quality rarely matches up to actual sales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 I wonder if the person that decided to not announce the game until launch is one of those being let go - that choice was a bit of a disaster. Especially so for a game that takes a bit of time to get to grips with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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