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<\/a> has closed yet another studio. This time around, the embattled company has shut down Pieces Interactive, the developer of the recent <\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n An image posted on <\/a> reads “Pieces Interactive 2007 – 2024. Thanks for playing with us.” The front page of <\/a> notes that the developer has released more than 10 titles of its own over the last 17 years. It also worked as a support studio on other projects.<\/p>\n Embracer bought Pieces in 2017 and placed it under the umbrella of publisher THQ Nordic. In April, reports emerged that Pieces had <\/a>, just a few weeks after releasing Alone in the Dark<\/em> (which had <\/a> a <\/a>).<\/p>\n The closure of Pieces comes several weeks after Embracer said it had concluded its restructuring process<\/a> following the collapse of a proposed $2 billion investment a year ago. The company shut down several studios, including TimeSplitters developer <\/a> and <\/a> (Saints Row), and it laid off nearly 1,400 workers in the second half of 2023. Embracer has also sold off several studios, including large parts of <\/a> as well as <\/a>.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, yet another studio is shutting its doors. Galvanic Games founder Patrick Morgan <\/a> that the company is closing. Morgan <\/a> that despite a promising start, sales of Gavlanic’s final game, Wizard with a Gun<\/em>, were “not strong enough to sustain our studio.”<\/p>\n The number of layoffs in the game industry<\/a> so far in 2024 is estimated to be around 10,800<\/a>. That’s already more than the 10,500 total for all of 2023, and we’re not even halfway through the year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n