Extra business ache is coming, with Paris-based writer/developer Do not Nod saying a spherical of layoffs and the cancellation of two indefinitely delayed tasks. This information comes alongside the corporate’s newest monetary report, which exhibits an 11% year-over-year drop in working income. A lot of the blame, at the very least from the highest, is being positioned on the underperformance of Jusant and Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden.
In a press release (thanks, IGN), CEO Oskar Guilbert stated: “Our half-year outcomes for 2024 mirror the financial underperformance of our newest launch, regardless of strong scores on Metacritic, in addition to the accounting affect of the selections we needed to take.” Guilbert goes on to say that this can necessitate a reorganisation of the corporate and the cancellation of two of the seven tasks in manufacturing as just lately as March. Of the corporate’s estimated 320 workers, this can doubtless consequence within the oddly particular discount of as much as 69 jobs.
Fiery French union Le Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV), which is presently organising a strike in entrance of Ubisoft workplaces, fired again, condemning the information, having beforehand famous pink flags at Do not Nod. The ambiance sounds fairly explosive, with a part of the STJV’s assertion studying: “We warned them way back, however they ignored us and accused us of being too aggressive to talk with. With this layoff plan, they’re creating an environment of maximum violence. We’re calling on all employees at Don’t Nod to mobilise to avoid wasting their jobs and dealing circumstances.”
