The group behind VR video games Myst, Riven, Firmament and Obduction parted with “roughly half” the workforce, or a dozen “proficient workers members”.
This is the total assertion launched by Cyan:
At present we wish to share with you some very unlucky information. Regardless of our greatest efforts to keep away from it, Cyan has made the tough resolution to scale back our total workers dimension—ensuing within the layoff of twelve proficient workers members, roughly half the team-effective on the finish of March.
Trade circumstances have pressured us into a tough spot the place we’re having to weigh the longer term well being of our studio in opposition to the month-to-month realities of recreation improvement in 2025. All through the previous yr, we’ve been ultra-transparent with the whole Cyan workforce in regards to the uneven waters we discover ourselves in, in addition to the hazards forward. Whereas the information of a layoff was not a shock to the workforce, it was (and is) nonetheless deeply saddening for all of us.
Though we’ve achieved our greatest to pad the touchdown for these affected with severance packages, we’d implore any fellow builders on the lookout for world-class expertise to achieve out.
For now, our primary precedence is to safe financing for our subsequent undertaking, and to restabilize the studio. We have been round for a really very long time, and have been via robust instances earlier than. Our honest hope is to proceed to be round, and to supply the varieties of experiences that solely Cyan can ship.
As at all times, we’re grateful for all of the love and help from our wonderful participant neighborhood.
The particular notice about looking for financing would not particularly point out VR, however Cyan is amongst a small group of studios with expertise growing titles with hand monitoring.
How can Apple, Meta, Google, Valve, Sony and others fail to fund groups like Cyan to work on extra VR video games?
