Nightingale Developer Announces Further Layoffs

Nightingale Developer Announces Further Layoffs

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The mass layoffs that have plagued the gaming industry as of late show no sign of stopping.

The latest victim of the onslaught is Inflexion Games, most famous for its Victorian steampunk survival hit Nightingale, released in February this year.

According to reports, the current Inflexion layoffs will affect "dozens of employees," though the company has not put an exact number out yet.

The language used in the communiqué issued by the company has become tragically familiar.

Inflexion was "exploring numerous options," but after all that, it came to the "difficult decision" to make a radical restructuring for the sake of "long-term sustainability."

This is not the first time the Edmonton-based company has put its employees on the chopping block.

Last week, reports surfaced that Inflexion Games would close its UK office. Audio director Jon Newman confirmed this shortly after, specifying that this directly affected the company's audio team.

A Troubled Month for Developers

The Inflexion restructuring and subsequent layoffs mark a particularly dark month of October for game developers worldwide.

Earlier today, Sony axed Firewalk Studios, which had been in limbo for months after the disastrous Concord launch this summer.

The original studio behind Life is Strange,...

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