“For Christmas this year, I got laid off!”

3D Realms and Slipgate Ironworks are the latest studios to be affected by Embracer’s restructuring program.

3D Realms founderScott Millershared his sadness on X (formerly Twitter).

Character artwork by Lars Bundvad-Åmodt showing a female figure in black clothing with skeletal accents

“Several sources have told me this bad news… “A lot of people, including core devs, will be looking for work asap.

Hopefully they land jobs soon.

Others have also shared news of Embracer’s most recent wave of redundancies.

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“For Christmas this year, I got laid off!”

shared level and sound designerMichael Markie.

Part of those initiatives could be the closing of studios and termination of projects.

Our next quarterly report will be published on the 15th of February.”

Embracer acquired 3D Realms and Slipgate in 2021.

This restructuring was reportedly necessary after aproposed $2bn partnership collapsed.

Also last month, Embracer’s then chief operating officer announced he was leaving the company.