Awakening Developer Funcom removes employees and closes the studio

Funcom, the company owned by Tencent behind Survival MMO Sand dunes: AwakeningIt is a major changes, including employee layoffs and closure Metal: Helsiner The developer strangers.

Sand dunes: Awakening It was launched promising, selling a million copies and becoming “the fastest sale game ever” for the company ever. Less than two weeks After the June version. In A statement on the demobilization of the joint workers Gamesindustry.bizFuncom said Sand dunes: Awakening “Our largest release in our 32 -year -old history has made great games” and “has already shown incredible potential.”

However, “the transition from development to a long -term direct process, with construction also towards the issuance of a major console next year, will require us to restructure our teams and focus our resources from projects and studios.” “Unfortunately, this also means the need to say goodbye to dear colleagues.” The company “cannot yet determine the accurate effect.”

It seems that restructuring affected strangers. David Goldfarp, founder and director of creativity in the studio in strangers, said, said David Goldfarb, founder and director of creativity in the studio in strangers, said, ” On Bluezki “We are all influenced by the studio with the demobilization of the workers, which means that” our 10 -year -old studio will be closed. ” He said that the team will try to continue in a new form. “” Change is always difficult and now we are all harmful. “

Funcom did not immediately respond to a request for comment.