Rumor: A44 Games (Flintlock: Siege of a Dawn) preparing to lay off nearly all of staff
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Wait. Didn't they just celebrate 500k players or something like that yesterday?
Most of the money must have come from the Gamepass deal and related world of mouth sales from it, which means few since it wasn't well received.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
"I have a friend of a friend"
Let's wait for better sources.
Let's wait for better sources.
Generic
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According to someone on Resetera on July 21, employees are expecting layoffs since the game apparently bombed:
">The devs announced the game had 500,000 players since release. For comparasion, games like Tchia had over 1 million players"
Tchia... won?
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised, like at all, but this "My Uncle at Nintendo" or "Phil's shelf" level rumor should be taken with a lake full of salt.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Considering Steam numbers, probably 80% were on GamePass.
Astray
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Strangely enough, their numbers might turn out better than or equivalent to Hellblade 2, likely at a vastly lesser budget.
Barely a peep about that game from Microsoft since it was released.
{insert code here}
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Go woke, go broke?
Gamer_By_Proxy
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Thing is, Tchia is good and was on PS+ with a bigger base than GamePass.
I'm sure Firewalk is hiring for Concord support . . .
I'm sure Firewalk is hiring for Concord support . . .
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StereoVsn
Gold Member
Don't think it's near there. They were under 1K high concurrent. Hellblade was over 3K on Steam I think.
Edit: Don't get me wrong, Hellblade 2 was a bust. However, this was even worse and doesn't have Papa MS (dubious support as that is) to fall back on.
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DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Sweet Baby kiss of death strikes again.
Black_Stride
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A post on Resetera referencing a friend of a friend resigning because they thought the studio was gonna do some layoffs?
Its also kinda weird the poster livers in the UK A44 is a Kiwi studio........the game isnt even two weeks old what hey had future sight and could tell it wasnt going to sell well or what?
A44 Games also has less than 100 employees......the superfund will protect them, if the Gamepass money didnt already.
Its also kinda weird the poster livers in the UK A44 is a Kiwi studio........the game isnt even two weeks old what hey had future sight and could tell it wasnt going to sell well or what?
A44 Games also has less than 100 employees......the superfund will protect them, if the Gamepass money didnt already.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
They got a Gamepass payday.
They are part of Kepler who all share resources, they arent that big a studio, they are gonna be fine.
A post on Resetera referencing a friend of a friend resigning because they thought the studio was gonna do some layoffs?
Its also kinda weird the poster livers in the UK A44 is a Kiwi studio........the game isnt even two weeks old what hey had future sight and could tell it wasnt going to sell well or what?
A44 Games also has less than 100 employees......the superfund will protect them, if the Gamepass money didnt already.
Shh, don't pour water on the hopes and dreams of the anti-DEI brigade
Perrott
Member
That said, I'd expect any fraud of an insider to pick a higher profile target for their bullshit, so that way it'd spread out faster and make for more juicy headlines, not some no-name, mid as fuck developer such as the Ashen and Flintlock studio.
Which is all to say that I have a hard time thinking about why would anyone lie about this.
CherryFalls
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Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
To pile on the hate.....with insider info about the studio doing layoffs like 3 days after the game came out.
Kacho
Member
The post is likely bullshit but I wouldn't be shocked if it happened. Pieces Interactive, a similarly small studio, got taken behind the shed after Alone in the Dark bombed.A post on Resetera referencing a friend of a friend resigning because they thought the studio was gonna do some layoffs?
Its also kinda weird the poster livers in the UK A44 is a Kiwi studio........the game isnt even two weeks old what hey had future sight and could tell it wasnt going to sell well or what?
A44 Games also has less than 100 employees......the superfund will protect them, if the Gamepass money didnt already.
Hollowpoint5557
A Fucking Idiot
I don't play woke shit and I certainly don't buy it. Bye, won't miss your studio. 
ChuckeRearmed
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The game has been in development far too long.
ShaiKhulud1989
Gold Member
I've literally hated the Flintlock demo because of talentless and uncontrolled Wheadon-speak, though the game was more or less okay. You just can't hide from annoying and godawful screenplay.
Turns out I was not alone.
Turns out I was not alone.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
Pieces Interactive was owned by Embracer...............................................we are praying for Crystal Dynamics and Eidos.
A44 is part of the Kepler Collective, they all share resources and support each other.
They got a Gamepass paycheck from this game and the Kepler group have had some bangers over the last couple years which should have allowed them to float one failure.(assuming this game is a failure).
Jaybe
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Yeah it's 'my uncle works at Nintendo' level, but if true that's not good for the studio and those looking for patches to fix the sound mixing and gamma issues.
Fbh
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Sucks for the studio but the game didn't look that good and reviews seemed pretty underwhelming. Also I know there was the pandemic but nearly 6 years is quite long in between releases, even if the team is rather small, specially for a game that howlongtobeat is saying takes under 10 hours to complete.
Not to mention that the release date wasn't great either. It's too close to Shadow of the Erdtree, even assuming most souls fans have already beaten it by now I'm probably not alone in wanting to play something different afterwards, not another lower quality soulslike.
Not to mention that the release date wasn't great either. It's too close to Shadow of the Erdtree, even assuming most souls fans have already beaten it by now I'm probably not alone in wanting to play something different afterwards, not another lower quality soulslike.
March Climber
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demigod
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You're comparing a team of 16 to 60. You think ms will pay a ton for this game to be on gamepass to offset development and marketing costs? Delusional.Pieces Interactive was owned by Embracer...............................................we are praying for Crystal Dynamics and Eidos.
A44 is part of the Kepler Collective, they all share resources and support each other.
They got a Gamepass paycheck from this game and the Kepler group have had some bangers over the last couple years which should have allowed them to float one failure.(assuming this game is a failure).
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