Quite sad, they published a few games I really enjoyed.
alleging that the publisher had breached obligations of their agreement in purchasing Versus Evil. tinyBuild announced in a recent trading update that they had settled the litigation, agreeing to pay the claimants “$3.5 million in cash (in addition to legal costs).”
…are you allowed to have layoffs after receiving a $3.5M settlement from your publisher? I know everyone will be feeling bad for the devs but this sounds sketchy as hell of them
Yes, this was a founder complaining that they didn’t get paid or whatever their complaints were. The company was bought and owned so they can do whatever.
As usual, c level gets rich, workers get laid off.
As long as all wages are paid then there’s no obligation to continue employment in “at-will” states.
The employer must pay all due wages, but after that they can close or fire for any reason, including “fuck you, got mine”
Shame. I remembered the name from Banner Saga, but I was surprised to find out that they also published Pillars of Eternity 2. They had an interesting catalog of games. Still, telling everyone they’re being let go right before they leave for Christmas is just twisting the knife isn’t it? Then again I guess there isn’t really a good time to tell someone they’re fired.
Tis is truly a year of layoff for the game industry.
Here is a list of all the mainstream game publications covering and criticizing the layoffs this year:
