Schell Video games, co-developer of Amongst Us 3D and studio behind the I Count on You to Die collection, has reportedly laid off employees.
Based on a report by Game Developer, multiple LinkedIn posts from staff on the studio describing layoffs that started final Friday.
“Schell Video games had their first ever layoffs at present,” wrote the studio’s principal engineering supervisor, who stated that they had not been let go themselves.
“This has occurred not due to something you probably did or didn’t do. Our business (and past) proper now’s hemorrhaging.”
Advertising and marketing director Dwayne Waite Jr. additionally confirmed the cuts hit the advertising and marketing workforce and named 4 affected staff, whereas the studio’s senior public relations supervisor shared additional names from the artwork, design, and visible results departments.
Based mostly on the posts, it is thought 14 folks have been affected in whole. The corporate’s personal LinkedIn profile says it employs between 51-200 folks.
“I will not fake this is not a disappointing solution to finish this chapter, particularly after virtually 6 years,” the general public relations supervisor wrote. “However I am strolling away pleased with what I achieved throughout my time with the corporate, and I am grateful for the folks I received to construct with.”
The layoffs come regardless of Schell Video games CEO and founder Jesse Schell’s long-standing public stance in opposition to job cuts.
In a 2024 interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Schell said the studio treats financial risk as separate from risk to its staff.
“On the coronary heart of all of it is selecting to not put jobs in danger,” Schell stated on the time. “We’ll put money in danger after we make a sport, however we do not put jobs in danger.
“Even when our personal IP brings in zero {dollars}, we nonetheless have not put any jobs in danger – we nonetheless have a path ahead the place we’ll be capable to preserve folks on. So, in a whole lot of methods, it is a alternative.”
GamesIndustry.biz has reached out to Schell Video games for remark.