Hello Neighbor Label TinyBuild Lays Off Entire Versus Evil Publisher Staff
gameinformer.comTinyBuild, the games label behind the Hello Neighbor series, has laid off the entire staff of Versus Evil, an indie publisher under the TinyBuild umbrella, just days before the holidays. This news comes from various former Versus Evil employees on Twitter.
«Unfortunately our parent company has made the decision to lay off the entire team here at Versus Evil,» former Versus Evil community manager Chris Trippi writes in a tweet. Another former marketing and community manager with the publisher writes in a tweet, «tinybuild just laid off myself and the entire Versus Evil team.»
The official Versus Evil Twitter account posted the following:
Today is a sad day. After 10 wonderful years, Versus Evil is shutting its doors. We've loved bringing you the best indie games we could find & sharing so many happy memories with you all, our amazing community! From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU for everything! ♥️
Various others have shared similar tweets sharing the news, too.
After being at Versus Evil for almost 3 years as a Community Manager — the company has been closed with all staff laid off.
Effectively immediately I am looking for a new Community Manager role. Any assistance with this is extremely appreciated.
Welp. That was a fun 10 year ride. The entire Versus Evil team has just been laid off.
TinyBuild has not addressed the layoffs.
Versus Evil was founded in 2013 to support and publish indie games. Its «About» page says, «Versus Evil boasts a full suite of services to support the indie games they publish; marketing, PR, influencer outreach, social media, community, QA, localization, and development services to reach other platforms.»
Versus Evil has published games on PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and mobile platforms,
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