South Korean video games large Smilegate has reportedly closed its doorways.
As spotted by VGC, director Stephane Blais posted on LinkedIn claiming that everybody working on the developer had been let go.
“As our business is beginning to look increasingly like a recreation of Battleship, it’s our flip to be hit,” Blais posted. “Smilegate Barcelona is closing down. All staff are being laid off.
“The final 6 months have been fairly intense – however allowed me to find a improbable and actually devoted crew. All of them work so exhausting to strive to put it aside. I’m now #OpenToWork”.
This hearsay is bolstered by Edouard Albert, a venture supervisor at Smilegate Barcelona, additionally posting that the outfit had been shut.
“Effectively our journey at Smilegate Barcelona has come to an finish,” Albert wrote.
“Actually appreciated my time there, working with wonderful folks and having the ability to enhance by myself ability set. Now’s time to search for my subsequent journey.”
Smilegate arrange its Barcelona studio in July 2020. The developer was engaged on an open-world recreation.