Peter Molyneux's studio 22cans suffers layoffs

From GI.biz: "UK developer 22cans has suffered a round of redundancies, GamesIndustry.biz has learned.

The studio, founded by Fable creator Peter Molyneux, has laid off multiple employees, although an exact figure has not been disclosed.

A spokesperson said: "Unfortunately, due to a number of factors including projects reaching a certain stage in their development, we can confirm that a number of roles at 22cans have been made redundant."

[sourOG]

Doesn’t that always happen with every studio lol? Contract workers for certain stages.

[kythlyn]

I'm just surprised 22cans is still in business. They aren't communicating at all with their customers and they've abandoned their games in early access. Godus is still a mess that they're happy to keep selling without support. I kickstarted that game, and I have regrets.

[Skywalker333]

Indeed, I was almost certain that they had closed down sometime ago :P

[sourOG]

Wow that blows. I haven’t heard anything about them either, I just figured they were quietly working on something like ken Levine’s ghost story games.

[Eamon]

Seriously, what is Peter Molyneux up to these days? In his prime, he was the most famous western developer in the world. Now he's doing f all.

[njitram2000]

If you look at the 22cans website...mobile games apparently

[MasterChief3624]

People became privy to his practice of promising big and delivering small. He is the perennial example of an artist that has huge ambition but not the resolve to follow through with those promises. I don't dislike him, as he has brought us some good games. But he is a constant punchline for me when I think of developers getting high and mighty.

[Jericho1337]

I saw an interview a few years ago saying he was inspired by the mobile gaming market and that anyone can become a “gamer”.

Such a shame, for all his critics he’s brought us some fantastic games and I’m sure he’d still be able to contribute something to the core gaming market.

[lonewolf10]

I'm surprised that they are still going to be honest.

[artgamer]

22 shitcans

[fitofficial]

They're not actually layoffs, they're fantastical multi-faceted journeys into lands of unimaginable unemployment giving the worker near-infinite freedom of choice.

[jznrpg]

Yes . Classic Peter Molyneux

[TheColbertinator]

These aren't layoffs. These are generated new experiences for developers to attain future opportunities with other employees as to better make lasting memories of struggle.