Wave of Studio Layoffs Hits Tripwire, Bit Reactor, and Skydance Games
The gaming industry has been rocked by a fresh wave of layoffs this week, with three separate studios confirming significant staff cuts within days of each other. Tripwire Interactive, the Alabama-based developer behind the Killing Floor series, announced it is letting go of 36 employees in what it described as a "necessary" decision. Despite the cuts, the studio moved quickly to reassure fans that both Killing Floor 3 and Maneater 2 remain in active development. Separately, Bit Reactor, the studio responsible for the turn-based tactics game Star Wars Zero Company, has laid off an unspecified number of staff just a few months after the game's August release. The situation at Bit Reactor is particularly notable given that the studio had already furloughed many of its workers ahead of the game's launch, only to begin reassembling its team before this latest round of cuts.