Development of Ongoing Titles Remain Unaffected
Loss of jobs sucks, in almost every industry. Polish developer and publisher of Call of Juarez, Dying Light, and Dying Light 2, Techland is one such company to suffer job loss recently. While it might not be Activision Blizzard scale of layoffs, it still sucks. Luckily for Techland, they got out in front of the news and handled it fairly well. What does it mean for the direction of the company and its products? Well, they say that these layoffs will not affect the titles coming out of the studio.
In a statement released by CEO of Techland, Pawel Marchewka said this “After months worth of market analysis we have started the process of shutting down the Polish publishing and distribution department. The process will last until the end of 2019.” He went on to reassure that the financial security of those affected would be taken care of: “I have personally made sure to take care of the affairs and future careers of the members of our Polish distribution department who will be leaving Techland. Severance packages they will receive are both above the industry and the Polish employment legislation standards.”Â
The biggest titles we are expecting from Techland are God’s Trigger and obviously Dying Light 2. God’s Trigger had an initial release date of March 2018. Currently, it is slated for release on April 18th, 2019. With under a month and a half to go until the launch of God’s Trigger, it is highly doubtful that it will be affected in any way by these layoffs. Dying Light 2 has no release date as of now, but for at least six months has been developed enough to show off in its official trailer.
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Source: GameSpot