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.

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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.”

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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.

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Surgent technical artist Jordan Smee shared a similar post onLinkedIn.

“Shit sucks,” Raysura said.

Eurogamer has asked Surgent Studios for comment.

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Today’s news is just the latest in a long line of studio shutdowns and redundancies in recent months.