Kerbal Space Program 2 players are responding to the reported closure of developer Intercept Games with what has become something of a time-honored tradition among gamers: A flood of negative reviews on Steam.
Reports of layoffs at Intercept came to light on May 1 via a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice (WARN) indicating that 70 people at Take-Two Interactive's office in Seattle were being put out of work.
The notice indicated the action wasn't merely a staffing cut but a closure, which was effectively confirmed later in the day by a Bloomberg report saying that both Intercept Games and Roll7, the acclaimed developer of OlliOlli World and Rollerdrome, were being shuttered as part of a cost-cutting plan being implemented by Take-Two.
There's been no official announcement about the closure from Take-Two or Intercept at this point, although a statement from Take-Two indicated that the Private Division publishing label, rather than Intercept, «continues to make updates to the game.» Following the Bloomberg report, the Kerbal 2 Twitter account posted a cryptic message: «We're still hard at work on KSP2.
We'll talk more when we can.» The presumed intent of the message—essentially a request for patience and understanding as an ugly situation unfolds—does not seem to have carried through with the Kerbal community.