UPDATE: Surgent Studios founder Abubakar Salim responds.
“This hurts deeply,” Salim wrote in a social media post last night.
“I am so proud of what the team have achieved over the course of these four years.
When things got tough, every one of them stood so strong, it was inspiring.
“So to be delivering this news today really sucks.
I know we’re not alone here, but that doesn’t make it easier.”
Thank you so much to those who have checked in.
ORIGINAL 2/7/24:Several members atTales of Kenzera: Zau developer Surgent Studios have been laid off.
As spotted byGame Developer, a number of former studio employees are now looking for work.
Surgent technical artist Jordan Smee shared a similar post onLinkedIn.
“Shit sucks,” Raysura said.
Eurogamer has asked Surgent Studios for comment.
Today’s news is just the latest in a long line of studio shutdowns and redundancies in recent months.
