Nightingale developer Inflexion Games hit with layoffs as it closes its UK studio

Update: Inflexion has confirmed that 65 employees have been affected by the restructuring in a post to its LinkedIn page.

Inflexion Games, known for its open-world Victorian-inspired survival game Nightingale, has announced that it is closing its UK location and "restructuring" its Canadian studio.

The details:

• Last week, it was reported that the company's UK arm would be closing, with its audio director confirming that the audio team had been directly affected. The studio has confirmed in a new post to X that the office will close and that the company's Canadian workforce will be restructured. "The past few weeks here at Inflexion have been incredibly challenging, and no words can adequately express the sadness we feel," CEO Aaryn Flynn wrote. "Like many other studios over the past few years, we have been hit by the stark realities of the industry, and after exploring every possible option, we've had to make the difficult decision to let go of some of our remarkable and talented team members."

• Flynn did not reveal the exact number of employees affected by the decision, but GamesIndustry.biz has shared that an anonymous source at Inflexion claims that "at least 22 people" may be affected "based on internal communications they've had access to."

• Nightingale launched in early access in February, and despite a strong start with over 47,000 concurrent players, its numbers quickly declined. Critics and players gave the title mixed reviews, with many criticizing its building and combat system, lack of offline play, and overall clunkiness. Since then, Flynn acknowledged that the game was in a poor state, but Inflexion has since released a number of major updates containing new content, tweaks, and fixes. However, despite the additions, concurrent player numbers have remained below 2,000.

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