{"id":454643,"date":"2024-01-25T12:53:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T18:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=454643"},"modified":"2024-01-25T12:53:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T18:53:12","slug":"black-forest-games-reportedly-lays-off-roughly-50-percent-of-its-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/black-forest-games-reportedly-lays-off-roughly-50-percent-of-its-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Forest Games reportedly lays off roughly 50% of its employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to reporting from Kotaku<\/a>, Black Forest Games has announced the termination of 50% of its overall workforce, which was said to be around 110 employees in 2023<\/a>. They join a growing list of layoffs experienced in the industry, which continues to accelerate from last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black Forest Games is a German Developer who was responsible for Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams<\/em>, Titan Quest<\/em>, and the recent Destroy All Humans<\/em> remasters<\/a>. They are currently working on an adaptation of the comic book mini-series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin<\/a><\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black Forest Games is a subsidiary of THQ Nordic who, in turn, is a subsidiary of Embracer Group, a publisher who was rather central<\/a> in the mass of layoffs that occurred through 2023. The company spent much of last year cutting back staff throughout all its many subsidiaries, following explosive expansionism and the fall-through of a large investment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A huge contraction of the industry has made this a distressing time for anyone who loves the medium. 2023 was already a huge year for job losses in the industry, while 2024 is already shaping up to be worse. Kotaku is keeping a running tally<\/a> of video game (and adjacent) layoffs, and by their count, we\u2019re already approaching nearly 6,000 in the first month of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s hard to say what our beloved hobby will look like when all of this finally slows down<\/a>, but it\u2019s rather difficult to stay optimistic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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