Bendy and the Ink Machine Developer Kindly Beast Lays Off Majority of Staff - News

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Bendy and the Ink Machine developer Kindly Beast has laid off the majority of its staff ahead of the release of its next game.

The company had around 60 employees and now nearly 50 of them have been laid off. Those affected by the layoffs were not given prior notification.

"We are deeply saddened that Kindly Beast is in the unfortunate position of having to scale down our talented team," said Kindly Beast CEO Mike Mood. "Our hearts go out to those who’ve been affected and we’ve provided our former staff members with career transition assistance at this difficult time.

"Also, our friends at Snowed In Studios are having an open house this coming Tuesday, October 15th, which can assist in recruiting the available talent. All current projects will continue as planned to best serve our audience and fans."

The sequel to Bendy and the Ink Machine, Bendy and the Dark Revival, is still expected to release this fall for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows PC, iOS, and Android.

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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

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