Surgent Studios, the developer behind the latest Metroidvania Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, is reportedly dealing with layoffs after workers members have been noticed posting messages on LinkedIn that point out their time on the studio has come to an abrupt finish (thanks, VGC).
The primary comes from Jordan Smee, a technical artist at Surgent, who posted, “Nicely, it seems like I am becoming a member of all of the folks affected by trade layoffs this 12 months, and I’m now searching for Technical Artwork and Setting Artwork positions”.
Peter Brisbourne, a degree designer, wrote, “The chapter entitled “Pete Works At Surgent Studios” is coming to an in depth on the finish of the month”. His publish was accompanied by a GIF captioned ‘affected by layoffs’.
Tales of Kenzera: Zau launched to cheap important success earlier this 12 months, although its business success is a little more up within the air. The sport acquired a big worth discount in June to coincide with a video posted by founder Abubakar Salim to denounce incidents of harassment towards his group.
In our evaluate, we stated that Kenzera’s “breezy gameplay may make for a pleasant introduction to Metroidvanias”, however criticised the exploration and repetitive fight encounters, awarding it a rating of 6/10.