Agents of Mayhem’s dismal August sales precede reported layoffs

Developer Volition laid off more than 30 people earlier this week, according to a Kotaku report. The studio, which is part of publisher Deep Silver, launched its Agents of Mayhem action shooter in August to some praise and some criticism, but indifference from consumers seems like the biggest reaction it produced.

Deep Silver has not released sales numbers for Agents of Mayhem, but publicly available data from tracking firms The NPD Group in the U.S. and GfK Chart-Track in the U.K. suggest that Volition’s latest release is — at the very least — a sales disappointment. We’ve reached out to Deep Silver for a comment, and we’ll update this post if it gets back with more information.