Epic Games recently laid off almost 900 employees from its studios, seemingly including Mediatonic, developer of Fall Guys. It started with Dextero reporting that the team had been laid off, indicating its closure. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier later reported that while the studio was hit “very hard” by the layoffs, it hasn’t been closed.
Mediatonic consisted of about 300 employees, and while Schreier is unsure how many were laid off, the number is “not close to that.” Though there’s no official confirmation for the same (yet), former game lead Ed Fear confirmed he lost his job on Twitter. He also shared an image of the Mediatonic logo in the office, with the letters rearranged to “Decimation.”
Layoffs have occurred throughout the industry in 2023, from giants like Microsoft laying off employees at 343 Industries, Bethesda, and The Colaition to the Embracer Group recently shuttering Volition. Time will tell if the layoffs at Mediatonic affect the future of Fall Guys, so stay tuned for more updates.
Epic Games reportedly laid off the team behind Fall Guys, Mediatonic pic.twitter.com/Tx8vUVsuKR
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) September 28, 2023
While it’s true that Epic Games-owned Mediatonic (Fall Guys) was hit very hard by today’s mass layoffs, reports/rumors that the entire studio was shuttered are not true.
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) September 28, 2023
Mediatonic is ~300 people. Not sure how many were laid off, but not close to that
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) September 28, 2023
The Mediatonic logo right now: pic.twitter.com/LHqbc62LL3
— Ed Fear (@edfear) September 28, 2023
That moment after you wake up when you suddenly remember you don’t have a job anymore.
— Ed Fear (@edfear) September 29, 2023
