Double Fine has announced it is holding layoffs just weeks after becoming an independent studio once again.

Maximum Entertainment has shut down its US wing and laid off its entire staff without any sort of severance or transition plan.

Another studio is shutting down as Edge of Eternity developer Midgar Studio has announced that it is closing its doors.

Just weeks after the Early Access launch of Empulse, developer 1047 Games has had another round of layoffs.

Following the layoffs earlier this week, id Software has put out a statement on the matter to attempt to calm fans’ nerves.

ZeniMax has been impacted by the Xbox layoffs and now the plan is to focus on the studio’s “biggest franchises.”