The studio based by ex-Avalanche Studios COO and co-founder Christofer Sundberg, Liquid Swords, is getting hit by layoffs. Introduced by means of a submit on its official web site, the layoffs have been made in an effort to “cut back operations”.
Within the submit, the studio describes the layoffs as being supposed to make sure the long-term sustainability of Liquid Swords. Growth on its first untitled recreation, nonetheless, remains to be in progress.
“I promised our staff and shareholders success and to construct a studio redefining recreation improvement with a small, expert-driven crew and a sustainable work mannequin,” wrote Sundberg in a press release.
“Whereas we achieved a lot of this, shifting market situations prevented us from succeeding inside our timeframe. Because of this, we should half methods with gifted people who’ve been instrumental in our journey. That is extremely tough, however we stay dedicated to our imaginative and prescient and can proceed to work on our IP and first recreation with a devoted crew.”
The announcement by Liquid Swords doesn’t embody particulars about what number of of its staff can be affected by these layoffs, and what departments of the studios can be affected. Nevertheless, it does say that the studio stays centered on a imaginative and prescient of simplifying the sport improvement course of.
Whereas the sport Liquid Swords has been engaged on remains to be untitled, the studio did give us a glimpse at what it could seem like by means of a pair of screenshots again in October. The screenshots point out that will probably be an open-world recreation that includes some kind of up to date setting. The constancy of the 2 screenshots was additionally impressively excessive. Liquid Studios has said up to now that its first recreation can be a narrative-driven title.
Liquid Swords remains to be a comparatively new studio, having been based again in 2020. Based mostly in Sweden, the studio’s improvement crew consists of veterans of the business, together with builders which have beforehand labored on franchises like Battlefield, Minecraft, PayDay, Grand Theft Auto, and Simply Trigger.
