Palia developer Singularity 6 has laid off 36 employees.
The latest cuts at the Los Angeles-based studio follow another round of layoffs which saw 49 employees lose their jobs in April, according to Polygon’sNicole Carpenter.
“Unfortunately we have had to restructure and reduce the size of our team as we stay focused on supporting Palia and serving our community long term,” reads a statement issued toGame Developerby a Singularity 6 spokesperson.
“We thank our departing team for all their work; we are committed to providing the best assistance and transition we can. We hope the industry will provide homes for these talented colleagues.”
Free-to-play, cozy sim MMO game Palia was released forNintendo Switchin December 2023 and hitSteamin March, six months after an open beta launched onPC. The game features cross-play and cross-progression.
It’s been another bad week for job losses across the games industry. On Monday, Japanese Final Fantasy publisherSquare Enixannounced plans tomake layoffs in American and Europe.
Canada-basedDauntlessand Fae Farm developer Phoenix Labs alsoreportedly cut around 140 jobs this week.
Game developer Farhan Noor, who has been tracking job cuts dating back to the start of 2022 onvideogameslayoffs.com, estimates that around 10,500 games industry employees were laid off last year. And less than five months into 2024, some 9,700 jobs cuts are already thought to have been confirmed.
