Last year, CI Games and its development studio Hexworks released Lords of the Fallena very nice role-playing and action game in the tradition of Dark Souls. A title which quickly attracted fans of the genre by selling more than a million copies in 10 days, but commercial and critical success is not everything.
This week, GamesIndustry.biz reports that CI Games laid off 10% of its workforce, mainly in the marketing departmentbut also at Hexworks And Underdog Studio (Sniper Ghost Warrior). Marek Tymiński, CEO of CI Gamescommented :
In order to preserve the strength and stability of the company, CI Games has made the difficult but necessary decision to implement a series of targeted layoffs, affecting approximately 10% of the company’s employees.
We would like to thank each of them for the role they played during their stay with us. New business optimizations are underway across the organization’s pipelines and processes.
GamesIndustry.biz reminds in passing that Lords of the Fallen was the studio’s most ambitious project, with a budget of nearly 64 million euros. You can find theAction RPG from €45.59 on Amazon, Cdiscount, there Fnac And Gamesplanet.
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