Worms Writer Team17 Faces Spherical Of Layoffs

Worms writer, Team17, is yet one more studio within the trade hit with a major spherical of layoffs. Reportedly, it was largely the dev’s QA workforce that was shuffled because of the studio’s restructuring. Oh yeah, and the CEO left.

As initially reported by Eurogamer, the writer noticed 50 roles axed inside the recreation studio. It’s unclear what different departments confronted these layoffs. In the meantime, CEO Michael Pattison left the corporate after a two-year stint main the UK-based dev-pub.

VG247 later confirmed the layoffs with a remark from a Team17 spokesperson stating the Overcooked 2 developer “amicably parted methods” with Pattison and that the Team17 Digital workforce has entered a interval of session. Subsidiaries resembling Astragon and Storytoys are unaffected by the restructure to this point.

“In response to the studies regarding the departure of Michael Pattison from Team17, we are able to affirm we now have amicably parted methods with Michael. We will additionally affirm that we now have sadly entered right into a interval of session in the present day inside Team17 Digital, with Astragon and Storytoys remaining unaffected by the restructuring plans.”