Surgent Studios has reportedly laid off an undisclosed number of employees.
The cuts come just three months after its latest release, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, released to strong critic and fan reviews.
Whilst neither the studio itself nor founder Abubakar Salim has commented publicly on the layoffs, former Surgent devs have discussed the redundancies on their personal social media profiles.
“The chapter entitled ‘Pete Works At Surgent Studios’ is coming to a close at the end of the month,” wrote former level designer Peter Brisbourne on LinkedIn.
“I’m another casualty of the Wild West industry that is video game development,” added producer Phillip Smy.
Yesterday, a producer wrote on Bluesky yesterday that there was a “very high likelihood [they were] going to get some really bad news”, and updated today with a simple: “Well, I’ve officially been laid off, as expected. Sh*t sucks.”
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