The latest victim of the onslaught is Inflexion Games, most famous for its Victorian steampunk survival hit Nightingale, released in February this year.
According to reports, the current Inflexion layoffs will affect "dozens of employees," though the company has not put an exact number out yet.
The language used in the communiqué issued by the company has become tragically familiar.
Inflexion was "exploring numerous options," but after all that, it came to the "difficult decision" to make a radical restructuring for the sake of "long-term sustainability."
This is not the first time the Edmonton-based company has put its employees on the chopping block.
Last week, reports surfaced that Inflexion Games would close its UK office. Audio director Jon Newman confirmed this shortly after, specifying that this directly affected the company's audio team.
The Inflexion restructuring and subsequent layoffs mark a particularly dark month of October for game developers worldwide.
Earlier today, Sony axed Firewalk Studios, which had been in limbo for months after the disastrous Concord launch this summer.
The original studio behind Life is Strange, Don't Nod, has announced it will lay off 21% of its workforce after Jusant and Banishers: Ghost of New Eden flopped in the market.
Keeping up with the trend, South Korean developer NCSoft has announced a restructuring because of financial problems. This came as a surprise, considering the success of Throne and Liberty.
These woes also affected big players in the industry. Riot Games, of League of Legends and Valorant fame, also trimmed multiple jobs two weeks ago, citing the concern for the company's future as the driving force.
There is a debate on whether layoffs are necessary for the continued survival of so many game developers. Is the average gaming company staff indeed bloated, or is it being mismanaged?
Either way, what is being done to buck the trend at the leadership level, considering it is executives who handled these hires and managed those resources?
For now, it seems like the companies affected by layoffs will stay afloat, but it makes you wonder whether they will find themselves in the same situation a few years down the line unless something changes.
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