Lately, we advised you that British developer Team17 might expertise job losses following the CEO leaving the corporate. Sadly, it seems to be as if this can be the case in spite of everything, with the studio presumably dropping a 3rd of its workers.

That’s based on a latest report from Eurogamer, which says that cuts to Team17 may see 91 positions being affected. Initially, it was thought that the QA division could be the principle focus of the layoffs. Nonetheless, it seems as if redundancies could also be felt within the IT, HR, advertising, customer support, and usefulness departments.

Builders are stated to have contacted Eurogamer with issues that upcoming video games revealed by Team17 could also be in jeopardy. On the time of writing, the studio has not issued an official assertion, nor publically given a cause behind the restructure.

A nasty time to be a part of a growth crew

This appears to be only one extra instance of a wider concern within the present gaming trade. Publishers and studios have been restructuring departments and groups, which has sadly led to workers members being let go.

Lately, it was reported that Naughty Canine had additionally been hit with layoffs, as had The Strolling Lifeless and Wolf Amongst Us studio Telltale Video games. Epic Video games has additionally minimize 16% of its workforce not too long ago, impacting round 830 staff in complete.

It’s not simply recreation builders, both. Streaming service Twitch has additionally been experiencing layoffs, making it really feel like anybody who works in gaming in any capability isn’t secure.

Hopefully, Team17 will concern a press release in regards to the reported layoffs, however proper now seems like a shaky time to be concerned within the online game trade.