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Kaan Serin

Studio behind action RPG Dauntless and farming RPG Fae Farm sees major layoffs, "about 140" devs cut and 3-year game "abruptly canceled" mere weeks before reveal

Dauntless wolf monster.

Developer Phoenix Labs is undergoing a significant "reorganization" that's led to big job cuts and the cancellation of a game that was apparently mere weeks away from its reveal.

Phoenix Labs previously made the free-to-play co-op action game Dauntless in 2019, and the very different but still well-received crafty life sim Fae Farm just last year. According to some laid off developers, the studio was "weeks away from announcing" its next project, which was "abruptly canceled" after three years of work.

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