Several members at Tales of Kenzera: Zau developer Surgent Studios have been laid off.
As spotted by Game Developer, a number of former studio employees are now looking for work. Level designer Peter Brisbourne wrote on LinkedIn: “The chapter entitled ‘Pete Works At Surgent Studios’ is coming to a close at the end of the month”, adding he is available for work.
Surgent technical artist Jordan Smee shared a similar post on LinkedIn. “Well, it looks like I’m joining all the people affected by industry layoffs this year,” Smee wrote. Additionally, a Surgent Studios producer going by the name of Raysura on Bluesky has also “officially been laid off” over the last couple of days. “Shit sucks,” Raysura said.