Deck Nine Games Announces Recent Layoffs

In some disheartening news, Deck Nine Games, best known for the Life is Strange series, recently announced an additional round of layoffs from their studio. CEO Mark Lyons stated this “extremely difficult decision” was made as Deck Nine Games faces a changing environment in the gaming industry.

This comes after earlier reports in February 2024, confirming that the studio would lay off 20% of its staff. In April 2024, IGN reported on a toxic workplace culture at Deck Nine Games, based on employee testimonials.

CEO Lyons, in their statement, asked for continued support and understanding from their community during this time of transition at the studio. Deck Nine’s most recent release was Life is Strange: Double Exposure, which has been nominated Best Performance and Games for Impact at The Game Awards 2024.

Our reviewer gave Life Is Strange: Double Exposure an 8 saying “While their ending payoffs aren’t quite as good as Don’t Nod I’ve still enjoyed how they’ve handled the franchise overall”. Whether this round of layoffs tells us anything about the success of the game or not remains to be seen.

Regardless it is another blow in the gaming industry that has seen huge numbers of layoffs and impacts within the industry. We hope those affected land on their feet as quickly as possible.

Sean "KingOTheCask" Richards

Sean, aka King, is an American variety streamer, CMNH Extra Life fundraiser, and gamer. He has been gaming since he was gifted a GameBoy and Super Mario Land 2 by Santa Claus in the far-off year of 1998. Throughout the years, he has dipped his toes into the worlds of FPS games, MMORPG's, JRPG's, visual novels, and more recently, cozy-style games, but his love for video gaming remains strong as the years go by.

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Deck Nine Games Announces Recent Layoffs

Sean "KingOTheCask" Richards

Sean, aka King, is an American variety streamer, CMNH Extra Life fundraiser, and gamer. He has been gaming since he was gifted a GameBoy and Super Mario Land 2 by Santa Claus in the far-off year of 1998. Throughout the years, he has dipped his toes into the worlds of FPS games, MMORPG's, JRPG's, visual novels, and more recently, cozy-style games, but his love for video gaming remains strong as the years go by.

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