News Phoenix Labs confirmed the layoffs and massive restructuring in a post on LinkedIn. Dauntless and Fae Farm will be the studio's core focus.

[sagadego20]

Phoenix Labs (developer of Fae Farm/Dauntless) lays off over 100 people.The developer is canceling work on all other projects at the studio.Its website said they had several new projects in development over a wide range of styles and genres.

 

[ILikeFeet]

not gonna lie, where did they even get the resources to expand so fast? Dauntless wasn't that big and Fae Farm would have come during their crazy expansion. did an investor pull out or something?

 

[BlueKing]

They certainly spent a lot of money on the near endless publicity for FF.

 

[ezr__]

not gonna lie, where did they even get the resources to expand so fast? Dauntless wasn't that big and Fae Farm would have come during their crazy expansion. did an investor pull out or something?

This is weird, they also laid off 34 people in December and said that their game development was progessing well:

Fae Farm developer Phoenix Labs lays off 34 staff

Phoenix Labs, the developer behind recent indie success Fae Farm, has laid off 34 staff. This is the second round of la…

www.eurogamer.net

”Our games teams were unaffected and our work continues across our titles at Phoenix Labs. Fae Farm's DLC and Dauntless updates are on track, and we have exciting unannounced projects in the works.”


Back in February, the Vancouver-based Phoenix Labs regained independence from parent company Garena. Then, in September the studio's CEO and co-founder Jesse Houston and COO Jeanne-Marie Owens stepped down.

"After nearly a decade, I feel like I can step back from the day-to-day operations at Phoenix Labs," said Houston at the time. "The future has never looked brighter - we've got an amazing pipeline of games in development and our incredible Fae Farm [just launched] for the Nintendo Switch and PC."

 

[GameFAQs_Refugee]

There goes the farm...

 

[Suswave]

This is weird, they also laid off 34 people in December and said that their game development was progessing well:

lmao people always say that shit when things aren't looking good