Indie Publisher Versus Evil Is Shutting Down, Entire Staff Laid Off
Versus Evil, the indie publisher perhaps best known for games like Stoic's The Banner Saga trilogy and Obsidian Entertainment's Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, is shutting down, with former employees saying parent company tinyBuild has laid off the entire team.
"Today is a sad day. After 10 wonderful years, Versus Evil is shutting its doors," Versus Evil's official X/Twitter account shared. "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! "
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! ♥️
Versus Evil shared the news after a number of former employees posted on social media about being laid off.
"Entire 13 person company, Versus Evil, laid off today December 22 at the start our Christmas break," Versus Evil director of product strategy Francis Fincke wrote in a LinkedIn post on Friday.
"Welp. That was a fun 10 year ride," wrote head of production Lance James on X/Twitter. "The entire Versus Evil team has just been laid off."
Welp. That was a fun 10 year ride. The entire Versus Evil team has just been laid off.
James added that it "wasn't a Versus Evil decision or choice," with community manager Chris Trippi also writing on X/Twitter that it was a tinyBuild call.
"Unfortunately our parent company has made the decision to lay off the entire team here at Versus Evil," Trippi wrote.
Unfortunately our parent company has made the decision to lay off the entire team here at Versus
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