Fight Waffle Studios, the developer behind VR shooter Ghosts of Tabor, has laid off employees.
Introduced yesterday through a LinkedIn put up, CEO, artistic director, and founder Scott Albright stated that the studio made the “tough resolution” to scale back the dimensions of the staff.
“As a part of this, we’re saying goodbye to numerous proficient people who’ve contributed meaningfully to our work,” Albright wrote. “We’re grateful for his or her efforts and are dedicated to supporting them as they transition to new alternatives. Any studio could be lucky to have them.”
The choice got here on account of a venture cancellation, which the staff was engaged on with an unnamed “giant platform accomplice.”
Furthermore, Albright stated the actions are a part of a broader effort to “align the corporate with the present state of the VR business” and be certain that it’s positioned for “long run sustainability.”
On the subject of sustainability, the VR business has been something however. Meta’s Actuality Labs division, which homes sport studios and the corporate previously referred to as Oculus, recorded an annual lack of $19.19 billion in the course of the fiscal 12 months ended December 31, 2025. In complete, the division has misplaced $83.6 billion in six years.
Through the previous couple of years, Meta has frequently trimmed its workforce, shedding workers in its subsidiaries and shuttering a number of VR studios totally.
Meta hasn’t been alone on this. In Could, VR specialist Survios reportedly laid off the bulk of its improvement staff. Then, simply mere weeks in the past, the Embracer-owned VR developer Vertigo Video games closed its Amsterdam studio.
Regardless of the grim ongoing forecast, the CEO of Fight Waffle Studios says the staff’s focus stays unchanged. “Ghosts of Tabor continues to be our core product, and we’ll proceed increasing that universe alongside our companions,” Albright says.
“We stay assured in the way forward for VR and our position inside it.”
