Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and Diablo 4 support studio lays off 139 out of 200 workers as Embracer Group fallout continues
Lost Boys Interactive has been gutted

Lost Boys Interactive, an Embracer-owned support studio for Diablo 4, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, and PUBG, has been hit with another round of layoffs. The total number of affected employees is 139, and according to the studio's , there were around 200 employees before the l🍬ayoffs.
The remote first studio shared the news on , saying the workforce reduction has impac🧸ted employees across "several" states in the US. fil💞ed with the Wisconsin state government confirms the number of impacted employees.
"Today is a challenging day for Lost Boys Interactive as we face the difficult decision to reduce our ওworkforce," said Lost Boys CEO Shaun Nivens. "We recognize the impact𝓰 of this decision on our team members, who have contributed greatly to our success. Decisions involving staff reductions are never made lightly, and this action was taken only after considering all other options. We are committed to supporting them in every way we can during this transition."
This latest workforce reduction comes only eight months after the previous one in January, . Embracer has been aꦆt the center of the ongoing layoff crisis following the company's "restructuring" in 2023 that resulted from a failed $2 billion deal with Saudi Arabia. Earlier this year, Embracer CEO Lars W🥃ingefors admitted that, after some 1,400 cut jobs, "I ༺deserve a lot of criticism".
Lost Boys Interactive was founded in 2017 and was acquired by Gearbox in 2022, 🗹at which point it fell under the 🐬Embracer umbrella.
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