Almost side-by-side with the release of surprise Still Wakes the Deep expansion Siren's Rest, it appears that developer The Chinese Room has laid off an unknown number of employees. The cuts will apparently not have an impact on the schedule of the studio's current project, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, however, as publisher Paradox Interactive says it remains on track for October.
The layoffs came to light by way of messages posted on LinkedIn (via Game Developer) by a number of former employees. "The scourge of redundancy has struck, and so I'm looking for new opportunities," VFX artist Jamie Berry wrote in one. In another, technical producer Pascal Siddons wrote, "We are none of us safe from the headsman's axe when redundancy time comes around."
