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Evening Star, the studio behind Penny’s Big Breakaway<\/a>, has announced half a dozen layoffs.<\/p>\n

CTO Hunter Bridges announced the redundancies on X\/Twitter, saying, “this isn’t a choice we wanted to make”, but “due to volatile market conditions in the games industry and operational realities of our business, Evening Star is having to part ways with six team members”.<\/p>\n

“This is a post that I was hoping to not have to write, but Evening Star has been swept up in the same turbulence that has affected so many of our peers in the games industry for the last year and a half,” added CEO Dave Padilla on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Evening Star, the studio behind Penny’s Big Breakaway, has announced half a dozen layoffs. CTO Hunter Bridges announced the redundancies on X\/Twitter, saying, “this isn’t a choice we wanted to make”, but “due to volatile market conditions in the games industry and operational realities of our business, Evening Star is having to part ways with six team members”. “This is a post that I was hoping to not have to write, but Evening Star has been swept up in the same turbulence that has affected so many of our peers in the games industry for the last year and a half,” added CEO Dave Padilla on LinkedIn. 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