Airship Syndicate is the most recent studio to be hit with layoffs this 12 months as Tencent-subsidiary and Warfame developer Digital Extremes ends assist for his or her exterior groups. Nameless sources revealed that at the least 20 staff have been laid off from Airship Syndicate and Digital Extremes’ different third-party initiatives.

“We will verify we have now made the tough determination to stop operations of our exterior initiatives division,” Digital Extremes advised Polygon. “We’ve needed to say goodbye to a lot of hardworking and extremely priceless crew members in consequence.”

The identical sources additionally revealed that Digital Extremes has fully lower ties with Wayfinder and has pawned off the early entry MMORPG to Airship Syndicate. The Warframe studio did not elaborate on what number of staff have been affected by the layoffs nevertheless it appears to be a part of its ongoing restructuring efforts which noticed studio founder and CEO James Schmalz changed by Steve Sinclair again in October.

Whether or not this may have any vital impact on Airship Syndicate’s promise to fast-track development modifications in Wayfinder stays to be seen.