UPDATE: Hakjak Studios shut down.
UPDATE 06/12/23:Former employees of TinyBuild’s internal developer Hakjak Studios say it has been shut down.
Writing on X (nee Twitter), narrative directorColin McInerneyconfirmed the studio had been shut down by TinyBuild.
On Bluesky, producer Amanda Farough said Hakjak was"unceremoniously shuttered"and all employees lost their jobs.
Eurogamer has contacted TinyBuild for comment.
TinyBuild publishes indie titles and is known for theHello Neighborseries, Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator, and Tinykin.
The number of employees affected is said to be between 10 and 30 percent for each studio.
In atrading update from TinyBuildtoday, CEO Alex Nichiporchik alluded to layoffs within the company.
Eurogamer has contacted TinyBuild for comment.
Stories of layoffs continue to dominate the industry.
Today alone bothEAandEmbracerconfirmed layoffs at F1 developer Codemaster and Insurgency developer New World Interactive respectively.
