It's been an incredibly tough year for the industry so far with mass layoffs across multiple studios. Sony yesterday added to this - announcing it was axing 900 jobs, and now on top of this another developer has had to make a "difficult decision".
Deck Nine Games (The Expanse: A Telltale Series, Life is Strange: True Colors) shared a statement revealing it's been "affected by the game's industry worsening market" and has let go of "20%" of its staff. Here's the message in full:
Deck Nine Games: "Like many others in the games industry right now, Deck Nine has been affected by the game industry's worsening market conditions. Today we made the difficult decision to lay off 20% of our staff. These people are amazing, talented, and awesome developers. They have made a huge impact during out time at Deck Nine Games and we did not take this decision lightly. Please hire these people if you can, they're amazing."
One other developer also undergoing a structural reorganisation right now is the team behind The Quarry, Supermassive. These latest layoffs follow on from companies like Microsoft and Riot Games' own mass layoffs earlier this year.