Starbreeze Studios, the developer of Salary 3Many of its employees are reportedly being laid off. Although Starbreeze itself has not made an official statement, employees working at the company have shared the news themselves, some with ex. Salary 3 Developers left reeling as they looked for new work.
Salary 3Starbreeze's latest game, 2023, has seen many issues since its launch. Salary 3 It received mixed reviews from critics at launch and holds a mixed review average on Steam from players to this day. Although the studio has taken steps to try and improve the title and regain its fanbase through the release of new updates and heists, it is struggling to find its footing, and losing these jobs could be part of more bad news for the company.
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Unfortunately, some game developers are now looking for work after being fired by Starbreeze Studios. Starbreeze QA Alexander Peresvetof-Morath posted on his LinkedIn account that “many” workers at Starbreeze had received news that they were losing their positions, and that he was looking for a new job, hoping that he would be on the list of layoffs at Starbreeze. Another Starbreeze dev, senior tech producer Sabina af Jochnick, shared that her role was identified as “at risk of redundancy,” so she too is looking for work elsewhere in anticipation of losing her position.
Starbreeze hasn't made an official statement about the layoffs, so it's not known how many people are losing their jobs. However, the writing may be on the wall regarding these new finishes, given that Salary 3 and the recent history of Starbreeze. Starbreeze shed about 15% of the company between 2024 and early 2025, followed by several job losses following the cancellation of Starbreeze in late 2025. Dungeons and Dragons game, dubbed Project Baxter. Financial reports in 2024 also indicated that the company experienced a loss of $18.5 million USD, so there are problems for a long time.
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Starbreeze acquired the publishing rights after announcing in 2025 Salary 3The developer shared that doing so helps them accelerate content development and “pursue broader strategic opportunities. pay day Franchise.” Shortly after May 26, 2025, a new loot was released. Salary 3 In the form of Party Powder, the Delivery Charge heist DLC was later added, and the game closed with the release of the 2025 awaited Skill 2.0 update.
It looks like things may be going well for Starbreeze and co Salary 3 For a while in 2025, but it didn't see a huge revival of the playerbase, at least on Steam. At the time of publication of this article, Salary 3 The Steam platform saw a 24-hour peak of just 686 concurrent players. Looking back at its update history, the release of Party Powder Theft saw the concurrent player count rise to just shy of 3,000, with further smaller spikes around June, July and September. However, when the 2.0 skill update was released, Salary 3 Couldn't reach 2,000 concurrent players on Steam. By comparison, when the game first launched, it saw around 78,000 concurrent players on the platform.
While Starbreeze has had trouble delivering what players want Salary 3Complicating matters further, the game is far from the only studio in recent history to see developer layoffs, and it's unlikely to be the last. In 2025 alone, Amazon Games, EA, Microsoft, Ubisoft, Niantic, Square Enix, and many others laid off game developers and other employees. As 2026 has just begun, it is likely that many similar stories will emerge over the course of the year.
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September 21, 2023
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M For Mature 17+ // Blood, drug references, intense violence, strong language
