Employees criticize management.
French research personnel Don’t nod they announced a strike for tomorrow, November 8th. They are protesting against the planned dismissal of 69 people, which is about a third of the entire team. According to the developers, this will not solve the financial problems that the company has faced over the past six months.
“The layoff plan is absurd, rude and will not save our company,” write the developers, putting forward three demands. On the one hand, the studio management should abandon its intention to reduce staff. Moreover, competent people should have a greater say in decision making. Last but not least, the striking employees want the director Oscar Gilbert personally participate in negotiations about the future of the team and take full responsibility for its condition.
“Management even dares to tell the unions not to interfere in game development. But who is really hindering development? Who has been constantly reorganizing the company over the past two years? (…) Who imposes unattainable ambitions on undersized teams? Who wants to force us to do more work with fewer people,” the developers call the mistakes that, in their opinion, management made.
The progress of the French research has been criticized by trade unions there.
The French studio reported for six months loss of more than 42 million euros. It was mostly a commercial failure. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden. At the same time, back in the spring, Don’t Nod was quite proud of the results, tripling sales for the 2024 financial year and attributing a small loss to the transfer of Banishers. Then he refused to quit.
It should be possible to release a story-driven adventure game this fiscal year (until March 2025). Lost Records: Bloom and Fury. It’s sort of a spiritual successor to Life is Strange, which the studio has become famous for.
Source :Indian TV
