Airship Syndicate, the development studio behind Wayfinder, confirmed the layoffs of 12 employees. The salaries of the company’s president and CEO were also cut. This was necessary in order to keep the studio running.
Airship Syndicate’s co-op RPG Wayfinder had a rocky launch. Server problems, for example, led to long waiting times. There were also difficulties logging in and problems with the basic founder packages. You can read more about the release of Wayfinder here.
Later, the publisher Digital Extremes stopped its publishing department for external projects, so that the development studio Airship Syndicate regained “full control” of Wayfinder. But now Airship Syndicate also has to make personnel cuts.
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80 people continue to work on Wayfinder
Airship Syndicate confirmed in a statement to PCGamer that the game studio had to lay off 12 employees.
The statement said: “This decision was made to ensure that Airship Syndicate can continue to function and deliver great experiences.“
On top of that, there would be salary cuts for the company’s president and the CEO. They would do this while work was underway to secure future plans.
Airship Syndicate’s press spokesman also told PCGamer that there are still 80 people working full-time on Wayfinder.
However, it was not disclosed how much the salaries of Ryan Stefanelli, the company’s president, and CEO Joe Madureira were cut.
However, the press spokesman emphasized: “This is not the end for Wayfinder.” Further information about the future of the co-op RPG will also be announced soon.
The event “Eventide”, a winter festival that started on December 15th, 2023 and runs until January 12th, 2024, is currently running in Wayfinder. It brings new modes, quests and rewards to the games.
You can read more about it here: After months in Early Access, Wayfinder gets its biggest update and is getting closer and closer to a release