Behaviour Interactive to Lay Off Up to 95 Employees - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 June 2024 / 1,396 Views
Behaviour Interactive announced it will be laying off up to 95 employees, including 70 based in Montreal, following several strategic structural changes.
"I would like to express my deep personal appreciation for any employee affected by today’s changes," said Behaviour Co-Founder and CEO Rémi Racine.
"While changes to our structure and strategic vision have led to challenging decisions, we are confident that these decisions will position us for continued success. As we begin the next phase of Behaviour’s growth, our commitment to excellence in our products and workplace culture remains steadfast."
The developer did state it grew from 575 employees to 1,300 over the past five years as the gaming industry witnessed remarkable growth." However, this has "led to unprecedented competition."
The biggest hit from Behaviour Interactive, Dead by Daylight, surpassed 60 million players in November 2023. The layoffs will not affect the company's service business or the development of Dead by Daylight.
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The developer did state it grew from 575 employees to 1,300 over the past five years as the gaming industry witnessed remarkable growth." However, this has "led to unprecedented competition."
AKA investors poured money in when they thought COVID would produce gold, Now that it hasn't materialized, they wish they would not have made those investments and are throwing workers under the bus to pay for their mistake.
I bought Meet Your Maker because the concept was unique, I thought, just for them to kill support one month later....
Interesting the developer I know for Jersey Devil, Scaler, Wet and many licensed games (A2M era and rebrand back to Behaviour). To Dead By Daylight for years since and I'm surprised they grew that much.
Forgot they even did Doritos Crash Course or a bunch of other games to keep them going with other licensed games 2010s+ era to now or other passed over projects as a studio to just make something such as mobile games or handheld ports besides the main ones or remaster stuff.
Never knew they did 40K Crusade either.
I mean expanding for the type of game it is sure, during the 2020 period sure but that much and layoffs I'm surprised they thought it would be that beneficial to get so many people then go whelp we over estimated.
That or have them make something else. I forgot what Meet Your Maker was and didn't even remember it was made by them.
Also what ever came of that car sci-fi concept art game I saw in Raycevick's video? I assume it stayed a concept and nothing more. Sigh.
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