Deck Nine lays off 20% of staff due to ‘worsening market conditions’

Chalk another loss up for 2024: Deck Nine Games, the developer of Life is Strange: True Colors and Telltale’s The Expanse announced today that it’s joining the list of studios laying off employees. Specifically, it’s laying off 20% of its staff due to poor conditions in the games industry at present, it claims.

Deck Nine released a statement on X saying, “Like many others in the games industry right now, Deck Nine has been affected by the game industry’s worsening market conditions. Today we made the difficult decision to lay off 20% of our staff. These people are amazing, talented, and awesome developers. They have made a huge impact during their time at Deck Nine Games, and we did not take this decision lightly.”