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Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs lays off over 100 workers

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Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs lays off over 100 workers

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Phoenix Labs is seeing its third round of layoffs in just over a year. According to reports, over 100 people were affected this time around and projects have been canceled.

The company confirmed the layoffs in a

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, citing a restructuring that would allow it to focus solely on its flagship titles: the free-to-play Dauntless and cozy life-sim Fae Farm. While it did not confirm the exact number of layoffs,
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that there were over 100 people affected.

“We are reorganizing Phoenix Labs to focus on our best-in-class live service titles, Dauntless and Fae Farm, and serving their communities,” the statement reads. “This unfortunately means canceling work on all other projects at the studio, which will impact many of our colleagues immediately.”

Some workers took to LinkedIn to discuss the layoffs, with some claiming that they were working on unannounced projects that were shut down.

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that they were working on a game that was expected to get announced in three weeks (likely during one of the summer game showcases).

Phoenix Labs experienced two rounds of layoffs in 2023. In May, the company announced that it

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to focus on “fewer development projects” like Fae Farm and Dauntless. This came just one month after it
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, a developer and publisher based in Singapore that acquired it in 2020. In December, Phoenix Labs confirmed an
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across its “HR, IT, and shared services teams.” Additionally, the
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in September for personal reasons.

Multiple sources, both on

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, claim Phoenix Labs was bought by Forte, a platform that allows developers to integrate blockchain technology into their games, although this move was never officially confirmed.

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