Dauntless Developer Phoenix Labs Lays Off 50+ More Employees, With Studio Likely to Close

[Tom Henderson]

The remainder of Phoenix Labs developers have been laid off, with the studios game ‘Dauntless’ and it’s studio likely to close. Speaking with now past-employee’s at the studio, it’s understood that around 50 employees have been made redundant today. Several of those employee’s now believe that the Dauntless game is now dead, and that Phoenix Labs is likely to shut down, although Parent company Forte has yet to make such an announcement. According to those familiar with the situation, no one at Phoenix Labs still has a job with one person saying it was “surprising” that it was announced as […]

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[Proven]

We’re getting all of these layoffs and closures which make it seem like the industry is losing a ton of jobs. But we don’t have statistics on the amount of jobs created. Is it really as bad as it seems? Or are there jobs being created to account for some of the losses?