Cozy MMO Palia seemingly on the rocks after studio goes through a third round of layoffs, this time affecting 40% of staff

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Singularity 6, the studio beh💮ind cozy MMO Palia, is laying off about 40% of its staff.

The Palia developer has let go of around 36 employees - 40% of its workforce - according to Polygon's Nicole Carpenter, potentially leaving the future of the online game on the rock🐽s. This is Singulari♓ty 6's third round of cutbacks in only nine months after the studio laid off 49 employees and made a smaller round of cuts in September 2023. "Two sources said a bunch of people left after the April layoffs, leaving the staff much smaller," reads a follow-up .

Palia began its Open Beta tenure exclusively on the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Epic Games Store last year and debuted on Steam in March 2024. Various post-release updates turned the chill online game into a not-so-chill time for some beta players, though, with Palia's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:"first real patch" and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:first major event, which both drꦛew complaints from players looking for only the most stress-free additions.

Despite drawing the eye of Stardew Valley fans before release, ♚Palia currently has a 'Mixed'&nb💙sp;rating based on over 7,000 user reviews, citing bugs and the lack of an Early Access tag on the game's storefront page as the biggest complaints. 

Singularity 6's cutbacks follow a string of layoffs hitting the games industry this year with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Sony laying off around 90 employees, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft cutting almost 2,000 jobs before closing several studios under the Bethesda um༒brella just last week, and sim🅰ilar even𝔍ts across EA, Embracer’s many studios, and much more.

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