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Andy Chalk

Homeworld 3 studio Blackbird Interactive confirms layoffs 'due to economic pressures outside of our control'

An assembled fleet of different classes of combat vessels, gathered in a planet's upper atmosphere in Homeworld 3.

One week after delaying Homeworld 3 until May, Blackbird Interactive has confirmed that an unspecified number of employees have been laid off from the studio.

The layoffs were initially reported by multiple former Blackbird Interactive employees on LinkedIn (via Game Developer). Jacob Van Rooyen, who was working as lead producer on a new project at Blackbird Interactive, said that layoffs had been made "across the company, and, unfortunately, I was one of those impacted."

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