Blackbird Interactive staff have confirmed that a number of employees have been impacted by layoffs.
Canadian game development studio Blackbird Interactive is laying off a number of its staff, employees have revealed.
The studio, which employed around 220 members of staff as of December 2023 according to its studio overview fact sheet, is currently working on the upcoming real-time strategy game Homeworld 3, as well as the roguelike sci-fi deckbuilder, Earthless. It previously developed Hardspace: Shipbreaker and co-developed Minecraft Legends alongside Mojang Studios.
As Game Developer reports, the news was first shared by a number of impacted employees on LinkedIn. One of these was Jacob Van Rooyen, who served as lead producer for a new IP project at the studio.
