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\nPalia developer Singularity 6 has laid off 35 percent of its staff just months after the game entered early access.\n<\/p>\n

\nWorkers from the studio began sharing news of layoffs at the end of last week, which Singularity 6 then confirmed in a statement to IGN<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

“Following Palia’s release on Steam, we evaluated the support needed to deliver the highest-quality gameplay service for long-term stability,” reads the statement. “We made the difficult decision to reduce our workforce, which impacted around 35 percent of our talented and hardworking team members. We value their contributions and are committed to supporting them throughout this process, including severance, work-placement and career guidance assistance, and retainment of all company-provided development equipment.”\n<\/p>\n

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Palia developer Singularity 6 has laid off 35 percent of its staff just months after the game entered early access. Workers from the studio began sharing news of layoffs at the end of last week, which Singularity 6 then confirmed in a statement to IGN. “Following Palia’s release on Steam, we evaluated the support needed to deliver the highest-quality gameplay service for long-term stability,” reads the statement. “We made the difficult decision to reduce our workforce, which impacted around 35 percent of our talented and hardworking team members. We value their contributions and are committed to supporting them throughout this process, including severance, work-placement and career guidance assistance, and retainment of all company-provided development equipment.” Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":800378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[199,4440],"class_list":["post-800377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-mmorpg","tag-palia"],"yoast_head":"\nPalia developer lays off 35% of staff before life sim hits full release | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Palia developer Singularity 6 has laid off 35 percent of its staff just months after the game entered early access. 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