Tiny Tina Dev Hit With Layoffs

gamerant.com:

In yet another blow to industry workers, Embracer Group has announced more layoffs at Lost Boys Interactive, a subsidiary of Gearbox Software. Lost Boys Interactive provided support work on the Borderlands spin-off Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, but the studio is now facing the ax with multiple departments set to lose staff.

A Swedish holding company, Embracer Group has a dozen subsidiary groups across various facets of video games and media. Last year, Embracer ordered multiple large-scale layoffs and shutdowns, resulting in thousands of lost jobs by the end of 2023. While fans were hopeful that the cutbacks would come to an end, Embracer has announced yet another studio to be hit with layoffs.

First shared by Windows Central, employees at Lost Boys Interactive have begun reporting that the studio is the latest to be hit with major layoffs. Lost Boys Interactive helped Gearbox Software with the development of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, which proved a critical and commercial success. However, Embracer is continuing its cost-cutting efforts, and the Tiny Tina developers are revealing layoffs across the design, production, and quality assurance departments, among others. There is currently no official confirmation on the number of employees expected to be let go, but many of those affected have begun sharing the news on LinkedIn and other social media sites. After previous rumors of Embracer wanting to sell Gearbox Software, this set of layoffs at co-developer Lost Boys Interactive has left many fans worried about the future of Borderlands and Gearbox.

This latest reveal of more layoffs by Embracer Group has come as a shock to many, though others have already seen the cutback trends of 2023 carrying over to this year. After multiple