[STEAM] Life is Strange developers Don't Nod hit with more layoffs

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French studio Don't Nod have laid off workers across multiple departments. The full number is unconfirmed, but multiple affected staff have posted about

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, including

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principal cinematic artist Mary Pouliot, technical artist Laurent Dufrense, and QA lead Sandra Cormier.

It's been a rocky year or so for Don't Nod's staff. Last September, the studio

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and said they're altering others, also unannounced, to be more appealing to a "wider audience", following warnings about an 11% decline in operating revenue for the first half of 2024. Chairman and CEO Oskar Guilbert attributed this to (the excellent)

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performing "well below expectations" commercially.

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