{"id":3026,"date":"2024-07-02T20:09:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T20:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldclassservers.net\/blog\/2024\/07\/02\/tales-of-kenzera-zau-developer-surgent-studios-hit-with-layoffs\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T20:09:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T20:09:35","slug":"tales-of-kenzera-zau-developer-surgent-studios-hit-with-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/07\/02\/tales-of-kenzera-zau-developer-surgent-studios-hit-with-layoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales of Kenzera: Zau Developer Surgent Studios Hit With Layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tales of Kenzera: Zau developer Surgent Studios has been hit with a round of layoffs, the studio confirmed in a statement on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/surgentstudios\/status\/1808216664145576284\">X\/Twitter<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The statement, which you can read in full below, clarifies that just over a dozen employees were affected, acknowledging that Surgent is unfortunately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/game-developers-mass-layoffs-human-impact-sony-ea\">only one of many studios<\/a> seeing layoffs this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gulWFDsFZS\">pic.twitter.com\/gulWFDsFZS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Surgent Studios | ZAU OUT NOW (@surgentstudios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/surgentstudios\/status\/1808216664145576284?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2024<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a difficult time in the games industry, but we remain incredibly proud of our entire team&#8217;s work on ZAU and of the praise it has recieved from critics and players alike,&#8221; the statement says. &#8220;Our focus now is on supporting those affected, continuing our work on ZAU, and looking to the future with our next creative projects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Surgent Studios founder and Tales of Kenzera director Abubakar Salim also shared the statement on his X\/Twitter account shortly after it was posted, writing &#8220;This hurts deeply. This isn&#8217;t the news I wanted to share today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much to those who have checked in. This hurts deeply. This isn&#8217;t the news I wanted to share today.<\/p>\n<p>I am so proud of what the team have acheieved over the course of these 4 years. When things got tough, every one of them stood so strong, it was inspiring.<\/p>\n<p>So to be\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q0C7H5udvv\">https:\/\/t.co\/Q0C7H5udvv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abubakar Salim (@Abzybabzy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Abzybabzy\/status\/1808221598983544959?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2024<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am so proud of what the team have acheieved over the course of these 4 years. When things got tough, every one of them stood so strong, it was inspiring,&#8221; Salim added. &#8220;So to be delivering this news today really sucks. I know we&#8217;re not alone here, but that doesn&#8217;t make it easier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also threaded links to affected employees as they search for new work.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Surgent&#8217;s statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamedeveloper.com\/business\/report-tales-of-kenzera-zau-developer-surgent-studios-is-cutting-jobs\">Game Developer<\/a> had noted that a number of the studio&#8217;s employees shared on LinkedIn and other social media platforms that they were looking for work. 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