Individuals Can Fly, the Polish recreation developer behind video games like Bulletstorm, Gears of Conflict: Judgment and Outriders, has cancelled two unannounced tasks and mentioned it’s going to downsize its groups. The studio cited disagreements with the writer and inadequate funds to proceed manufacturing as causes behind the choice. Final yr, Individuals Can Fly laid off over 150 staff in two rounds of job cuts.

Individuals Can Fly Cancels 2 Video games

In a statement shared on LinkedIn on Sunday, Individuals Can Fly CEO Sebastian Wojciechowski confirmed that the studio was cancelling two video games — venture Gemini and venture Bifrost. The corporate had not beforehand shared particulars concerning the two in-development video games.

“Right this moment we made a really troublesome determination to droop the event of venture Gemini and venture Bifrost – the related present studies have been launched to the market,” Wojciechowski mentioned within the assertion.

“The suspension of the Gemini venture is a consequence of the truth that the Writer has not offered us with a draft of the following content material rider to the Publishing Settlement overlaying the phrases and circumstances of additional milestone on venture Gemini and the dearth of communication from the Writer as to its willingness to proceed or terminate the Gemini venture.

“Venture Bifrost was suspended as a result of above and the evaluation of the Group’s money movement, which confirmed a scarcity of prospects for securing organisational sources and funds essential to proceed the manufacturing and launch of this venture.”

The manager additionally instructed the cancellations would result in reorganisation and layoffs, however didn’t specify the variety of staff more likely to be impacted.

“Because of this, we have now to considerably regroup as a studio and scale down our groups, which hurts essentially the most,” Wojciechowski mentioned. “We want to specific our deepest remorse and disappointment over how these occasions have unfolded and our honest gratitude for everybody’s contribution up up to now.”

Wojciechowski didn’t specify the unnamed writer within the assertion, however Individuals Can Fly final labored with Square Enix on Outriders. The studio is presently engaged on a number of tasks, together with Gears of War: E-Day for Xbox Sport Studios and a brand new recreation primarily based on a Sony IP, codenamed venture Delta.

Layoffs in Video games business

Final yr, Individuals Can Fly laid off over 150 staff in two rounds of retrenchment. In January 2024, the studio reportedly laid off over 30 staff. Later in December, Wojciechowski announced the corporate was suspending manufacturing on certainly one of its tasks and shedding over 120 employees.

The studio’s newest spherical of job cuts follows a wave of recreation cancellations, studio shutdowns and layoffs within the online game business. Final week, Electronic Arts cancelled its Black Panther recreation and laid off an unspecified variety of staff throughout totally different groups, marking the third spherical of job cuts on the firm this yr.

In February, Warner Bros. shut down three of its recreation studios, together with Monolith Productions, and cancelled its Surprise Girl recreation that had spent years in improvement.