I’ve heard it being mentioned many occasions and some ways, however this 12 months has been a superb one for video games and an abysmal one for the parents who create them. On that word, Samurai Punk—the studio behind a number of indie video games together with Killbug and Screencheat—has introduced its closure in a publish through Twitter.

Within the publish, the crew celebrates a powerful decade-long run as a studio, and notes that “it’s been a tremendous run and we’d wish to thank our crew previous and current; the 9 unimaginable video games we’ve made wouldn’t have been attainable with out them.” 

In talking of the crew, Samurai Punk has created a Google doc with the data for these affected by this closure. “These unimaginable people will now be searching for new roles, so in case you have roles obtainable or know of any openings, please contact us or the people instantly.”

Samurai Punk was established in 2014, and is liable for Screencheat, in addition to The American Dream, Feather, Roombo: First Blood, and Killbug, amongst others. It’s under no circumstances the one studio that has suffered a closure in 2023 — some examples embrace Dillon’s Rolling Western developer Vanpool, Boomerang X developer Dang!, and the Embracer Group-owned Volition Video games, who made Saints Row.

It genuinely hurts me to listen to information like this, particularly when video games like Screencheat in some way handle to fly below my radar all this time. I’m hoping with all my coronary heart that these gifted creators are capable of land on their toes and proceed creating for years to return.